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18 Jan 22
The Scottish government must rethink last month's local government settlement or risk disastrous consequences for communities, say COSLA's Alison Evison and Gail Macgregor.
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10 Dec 21
Local authorities in Scotland are set to have full autonomy over the council tax rates they can set next year, amid reductions in core funding, the Scottish government has announced.
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18 Oct 21
Scottish and UK government ministers will commission an independent report looking into changing the way Scotland’s tax revenue affects its funding from Westminster.
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4 Oct 21
It is 'now or never' for the Scottish government to implement reforms on how public services are run, according to the country's most senior auditor.
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14 Sep 21
Scottish National Party members have supported a motion calling for local authorities to be allowed a more permissive environment to raise revenues to help fund services.
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3 Sep 21
The costs of public services and extra pressures related to Covid-19 have become a strategic risk for Scotland, according to the nation's watchdog.
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1 Sep 21
The Scottish government has unveiled proposals for council tax and business rate reforms, including a realignment of rate bands, in a consultation on a new framework for tax policy.
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19 Aug 21
Covid-19 support measures and the related economic slowdown saw the Scottish government's budget deficit spike to 22.4% of GDP last year, according to latest statistics.
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6 Jul 21
A lack of engagement by Westminster with the Scottish Government on the replacement for European Union structural funding has left the devolved employment minister “beyond disappointed”.
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22 Jun 21
Capital spending among Scottish local authorities fell by more than £1bn last year amid Covid-19 disruption, provisional figures show.
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27 May 21
Scottish councils are at risk of becoming financially unsustainable without long-term funding settlements, the sector’s spending watchdog has warned.
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26 May 21
The Scottish National Party has proposed scrapping business rates, council tax and property transaction duties in favour of a land value tax, to give local government greater control over its...
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15 Apr 21
Scottish Government’s income tax rates are progressive, but unnecessarily complicated by taxation bands that are too similar, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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31 Mar 21
Funding for the Scottish Government’s day-to-day spending in 2021-22 is nearly a third higher per person than in England, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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24 Feb 21
The UK government refused a request from Scottish finance secretary Kate Forbes for £1.7bn of additional funding to support the Holyrood administration’s Budget for 2021-22, it has emerged.
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17 Feb 21
The Scottish Government has will extend the 100% business rates holiday for the whole of the next financial year, following further UK government funding.
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28 Jan 21
Local authorities in Scotland are set to receive £11.6bn from Holyrood next year, an increase of around 3% – plus £90m to freeze council tax – according to draft budget proposals.
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26 Jan 21
Funding from the Scottish Government will only meet between 60% and 70% of overall financial pressures identified by councils, according to the country’s local government spending watchdog.
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4 Dec 20
NHS Tayside’s high running costs remain a risk, although the health board has improved its financial management, the Scottish spending watchdog has said.
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30 Nov 20
The Scottish Government is to pump an additional £200m of funding into its Affordable Housing Supply Programme next year, to help the construction sector’s recovery from Covid-19.
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23 Nov 20
The Scottish Government has launched the Scottish National Investment Bank, the first development bank in the UK.
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28 Oct 20
Scottish GDP fell by 19.4% during the second quarter of this year, according to statistics released by the Scottish Government.
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8 Oct 20
A new package of funding and financing flexibilities for local authorities in Scotland will allow councils to use capital receipts to meet funding pressures.
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28 Aug 20
Moray Council risks depleting its entire fund reserves in just four years as it attempts to offset annual deficits, the Scottish Accounts Commission has warned.
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27 Aug 20
Scottish debt rose to £15.1bn last year, around £2bn more than last year, according to statistics released by the Scottish Government.
18 Jan 22The Scottish government must rethink last month's local government settlement or risk disastrous consequences for communities, say COSLA's Alison Evison and Gail Macgregor.
10 Dec 21Local authorities in Scotland are set to have full autonomy over the council tax rates they can set next year, amid reductions in core funding, the Scottish government has announced.
14 Sep 21Scottish National Party members have supported a motion calling for local authorities to be allowed a more permissive environment to raise revenues to help fund services.
3 Sep 21The costs of public services and extra pressures related to Covid-19 have become a strategic risk for Scotland, according to the nation's watchdog.
6 Jul 21A lack of engagement by Westminster with the Scottish Government on the replacement for European Union structural funding has left the devolved employment minister “beyond disappointed”.
22 Jun 21Capital spending among Scottish local authorities fell by more than £1bn last year amid Covid-19 disruption, provisional figures show.
4 Dec 20NHS Tayside’s high running costs remain a risk, although the health board has improved its financial management, the Scottish spending watchdog has said.
23 Nov 20The Scottish Government has launched the Scottish National Investment Bank, the first development bank in the UK.
28 Aug 20Moray Council risks depleting its entire fund reserves in just four years as it attempts to offset annual deficits, the Scottish Accounts Commission has warned.
