SCOTLAND faces a “looming crisis” of people being evicted from their homes after the evictions ban introduced during lockdown is lifted, Scottish Labour said today.

Regulations against evictions in Scotland were introduced for areas worst-hit by the lockdown as workers were forced to stay at home and lost wages.

The Scottish government eased the ban in May, and from May to June evictions increased by more than 500 per cent — from six in the first quarter of the year to 38.