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4 Apr 19
The Scottish Government has defended its allocation of resources to councils to help them prepare for Brexit, saying it was up to local government to quantify the additional costs it faced.
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2 Apr 19
Public finance professionals have a vital role to play in building trust and resilience, the Scottish Government public finance minister has told CIPFA members.
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21 Mar 19
Scottish councils could face further financial pressure as a result of fiscal devolution north of the border, according to the public spending watchdog for local government.
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21 Mar 19
Tax changes in Scotland is just one of the topics on the agenda at this year’s Public Finance Live Scotland conference, explains CIPFA’s Don Peebles.
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15 Mar 19
The assignation of VAT revenues to the Scottish Government could expose the Scottish budget to risk because of the difficulty in producing robust estimates, tax experts have warned.
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14 Mar 19
The government is to invest £260m in a deal to boost the economy of the Borderlands as part of the chancellor’s Spring Statement.
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22 Feb 19
The Scottish budget has passed its final parliamentary hurdle as MSPs backed measures that will see the tax gap widen between Scotland and the rest of the UK.
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21 Feb 19
A no-deal Brexit risks pushing Scotland into recession, doubling unemployment and creating a “major dislocation” to the economy, according to the Scottish Government’s chief economist.
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20 Feb 19
A proposal which will see increasing divergence in income tax rates between Scotland and the rest of the UK has been given the green light by the Scottish Parliament.
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14 Feb 19
Auditor general for Scotland Caroline Gardner asks whether public mistrust of auditors has grown recently, with the collapse of firms such as BHS and Carillion.
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13 Feb 19
The success of the planned £2bn Scottish National Investment Bank could be undermined by inadequate capitalisation and vulnerability to political interference, the Scottish Government has been warned.
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8 Feb 19
Analysis of the Scottish draft budget has brought fresh questions over the role of tax policy in public spending north of the border.
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5 Feb 19
The unwillingness of public bodies to relinquish control of budgets is hindering the integration of health and social care in Scotland.
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1 Feb 19
Scottish councils are to be given the power to levy a local tourist tax as part of “the most significant empowerment of local authorities since devolution” under a budget deal struck by the Scottish...
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18 Jan 19
Westminster has “picked the pocket of the health service” in Scotland, after NHS funding granted under the Barnett formula was £55m lower than promised, according to a committee of MSPs.
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12 Dec 18
The Scottish finance secretary has announced a raft of funding increases for public services but warned priorities could change with no deal Brexit.
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3 Dec 18
The Scottish Government’s draft budget this month will reveal not only the impact of an improving economic outlook on public finances but the extent of Holyrood’s determination to plough a...
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29 Nov 18
Deprivation must be better reflected in the allocation of funding to Scotland’s local authorities, the country’s spending watchdog has said.
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27 Nov 18
Although the Scottish Government has taken a ‘step in the right direction’, panellists at CIPFA’s Public Finance Debate warned the NHS in Scotland is unsustainable. Kerry Lorimer reports.
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15 Nov 18
Greater fiscal autonomy for Scottish councils is shaping up to be one of the key battlegrounds ahead of publication of the draft budget in December.
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5 Nov 18
Scottish councils have called for a 2.5% increase in funding in the forthcoming budget, saying recent tight settlements and a lack of fiscal autonomy have left local government with “no room to...
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29 Oct 18
Ambitious plans to merge health and social care in Scotland are being hampered by a lack of leadership within the new integrated authorities, a parliamentary committee has warned.
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23 Oct 18
The stockpiling of goods by firms ahead of Brexit could provide a short term fillip to the Scottish economy, according to the Scottish Government’s chief economist.
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17 Oct 18
The Scottish Government has been warned against further raising the top rate of income tax, which would create greater divergence in the tax system north and south of the border.
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11 Oct 18
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has set out plans to consult on a discretionary local visitor tax ahead of the draft budget.
4 Apr 19The Scottish Government has defended its allocation of resources to councils to help them prepare for Brexit, saying it was up to local government to quantify the additional costs it faced.
2 Apr 19Public finance professionals have a vital role to play in building trust and resilience, the Scottish Government public finance minister has told CIPFA members.
21 Mar 19Scottish councils could face further financial pressure as a result of fiscal devolution north of the border, according to the public spending watchdog for local government.
15 Mar 19The assignation of VAT revenues to the Scottish Government could expose the Scottish budget to risk because of the difficulty in producing robust estimates, tax experts have warned.
14 Mar 19The government is to invest £260m in a deal to boost the economy of the Borderlands as part of the chancellor’s Spring Statement.
22 Feb 19The Scottish budget has passed its final parliamentary hurdle as MSPs backed measures that will see the tax gap widen between Scotland and the rest of the UK.
14 Feb 19Auditor general for Scotland Caroline Gardner asks whether public mistrust of auditors has grown recently, with the collapse of firms such as BHS and Carillion.
8 Feb 19Analysis of the Scottish draft budget has brought fresh questions over the role of tax policy in public spending north of the border.
5 Feb 19The unwillingness of public bodies to relinquish control of budgets is hindering the integration of health and social care in Scotland.
27 Nov 18Although the Scottish Government has taken a ‘step in the right direction’, panellists at CIPFA’s Public Finance Debate warned the NHS in Scotland is unsustainable. Kerry Lorimer reports.
15 Nov 18Greater fiscal autonomy for Scottish councils is shaping up to be one of the key battlegrounds ahead of publication of the draft budget in December.
5 Nov 18Scottish councils have called for a 2.5% increase in funding in the forthcoming budget, saying recent tight settlements and a lack of fiscal autonomy have left local government with “no room to...
