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Scottish councils 'should be given control of their finances'Scotland's 32 unitary authorities should be merged into just 19, given full control over their own finances and encouraged to install directly elected mayors, according to Reform Scotland. 22 May 2012
Glasgow Commonwealth Games on track, says new headPreparations for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games are on track and on budget, according to the latest six-monthly progress report from organising body Glasgow 2014 21 May 2012
Children's lives to be focus of Scots' inspectionsThe Scottish Care Inspectorate is to spearhead a strategic assessment of care services for children over the coming year, under plans published today in the latest local government inspection timetable. 16 May 2012
Swinney pledges to renew partnership with councilsThe Scottish National Party government has promised to work in constructive partnership with Scotland's newly elected councils, in spite of a series of local coalition deals by the unionist parties to keep the SNP out of power. 14 May 2012

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Through a glass, lightlyShould the public sector start drowning its sorrows as the cuts kick in? Doom merchants certainly seem to think so. But perhaps in reality the glass is half full and not half empty. Tony Travers finds some reasons to be cheerful 18 November 2010
The fiscal trapPlans to give Scotland additional tax powers contain a fatal flaw. A built-in perverse incentive means that the Holyrood government would be less inclined to adopt a fiscal stimulus and could, instead, be forced to raise its income tax rate. Jim Cuthbert and Margaret Cuthbert explain 11 March 2010
Out of step?Is the Whitehall post of Scottish secretary an anachronism in today's devolved UK? Yes, say the SNP and the LibDems; no, insist Labour and the Tories. As the row heats up, latest incumbent Jim Murphy tells David Scott what he thinks 11 March 2010

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