Kerry Lorimer

Scotland-based freelance journalist

Recent articles

Scottish health and social care boards urged to plan long term

Budgetary pressures and a lack of long-term financial planning are undermining ambitious plans to... Read more
Scotland: tourist tax ripe for discussion

Greater fiscal autonomy for Scottish councils is shaping up to be one of the key battlegrounds... Read more
Scottish councils demand funding boost citing unsustainable services

Scottish councils have called for a 2.5% increase in funding in the forthcoming budget, saying... Read more
Scottish health and social care merger plans ‘hampered by lack of leadership’

Ambitious plans to merge health and social care in Scotland are being hampered by a lack of... Read more
Scottish health services ‘not financially sustainable’

Health services in Scotland are not financially sustainable in their current form, and immediate... Read more
Stockpiling would ‘ultimately have a negative impact on Scottish GDP’

The stockpiling of goods by firms ahead of Brexit could provide a short term fillip to the Scottish... Read more
Scottish Government warned against further income tax hike

The Scottish Government has been warned against further raising the top rate of income tax, which... Read more
Mackay plans consultation on local tourist tax

Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has set out plans to consult on a discretionary local... Read more
Scottish Government to write off health boards’ debts

Health boards in Scotland are to have their debts written off as part of a new, more flexible three... Read more
Scottish warn on finances at two NHS trusts

Auditors have raised “serious reservations” over the finances of two Scottish health boards.

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