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1 Feb 18
The Scottish budget yesterday gained stage one parliamentary approval after ministers struck a deal with the Scottish Greens.
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17 Jan 18
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has defended the financial settlement for local government as his spending plans came under increased scrutiny by MSPs.
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11 Jan 18
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has defended radical plans to overhaul income tax in front of MSPs.
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8 Jan 18
A multi-billion pound scheme to boost economic growth in areas across Scotland has been undermined by “tension” between the Scottish and UK Governments, according to a Holyrood report out today.
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18 Dec 17
UK ministers should bring forward a replacement for European structural funding as soon as possible – and ensure it is generous and flexible enough to fit Scotland’s circumstances, Scotland’s economy...
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14 Dec 17
Income tax in Scotland is to be radically restructured in a bold attempt by Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay to cancel out reductions in Scotland’s direct grant from Westminster.
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22 Nov 17
The chancellor has lifted a controversial £35m VAT liability imposed uniquely on Scotland’s police and emergency services.
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21 Nov 17
Public consultation on the Scottish Government’s plan for a Scottish National Investment Bank has ended with a plea from a left-of-centre think-tank to give the bank a clear social mission.
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13 Nov 17
Holyrood’s health committee has powerfully criticised a lack of clarity as to how or to what effect more than £8bn of Scottish taxpayers’ money is being spent under the merger of...
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10 Nov 17
Deputy prime minister Damian Green is facing complaints at today’s British-Irish Council meeting from the devolved governments that they have been sidelined by British ministers in the...
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20 Oct 17
Nicola Sturgeon has asked the Scottish public for ideas about how the new Scottish National Investment Bank could help grow the country’s economy and spread the benefits across society.
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11 Oct 17
Nicola Sturgeon has announced plans for a public-owned energy company in Scotland, in her address to the SNP party conference.
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9 Oct 17
The Scottish Government will lift the public sector pay cap as promised but how much it can do this relies on the chancellor, Derek Mackay said today.
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9 Oct 17
Scottish ministers have been forced to admit that their controversial plans to halve duties for airlines serving Scotland’s airports have hit a Brexit-related snag.
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4 Oct 17
The Scottish Government has imposed what amounts to a total ban on fracking, a decision that puts it at odds both with UK energy policy and the owners of Scotland’s biggest industrial complex.
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29 Sep 17
Scotland’s auditor general has given the Scottish Government a clean bill of health for the accounting and management of its £34bn budget in 2016-17, but warned ministers that they will...
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26 Sep 17
Scotland’s first two devolved taxes, on property sales and landfill, fell short of projected revenues in 2016-17 by more than £50m.
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22 Sep 17
An alliance of aid charities has urged the Scottish Government to respond to developing world climate catastrophes by ramping up its programme for reducing greenhouse emissions.
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15 Sep 17
Scottish education secretary John Swinney faces mounting pressure – including from within his own party – to intervene over a 17% pay rise for a top college executive at a time when pay...
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13 Sep 17
Scotland’s finance secretary has announced he will boost investment incentives through reform of the business rates regime north of the border.
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5 Sep 17
First minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that Scotland will lift the 1% public sector pay cap next year.
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4 Sep 17
Union leaders have today warned Scottish ministers to brace themselves for above-inflation pay demands across the public sector.
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29 Aug 17
Contractors have handed over Scotland’s biggest public infrastructure project in a generation to the country’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon.
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23 Aug 17
The notional deficit in Scotland’s public finances has fallen by £1.3bn over the past year, but still stands at 8.3% of GDP, more than three times the UK level, according to the annual...
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21 Aug 17
Scotland’s public finances are especially vulnerable to damage from the Brexit process, and ministers should be putting contingencies in place now to absorb future economic shocks, CIPFA has...
1 Feb 18The Scottish budget yesterday gained stage one parliamentary approval after ministers struck a deal with the Scottish Greens.
17 Jan 18Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has defended the financial settlement for local government as his spending plans came under increased scrutiny by MSPs.
18 Dec 17UK ministers should bring forward a replacement for European structural funding as soon as possible – and ensure it is generous and flexible enough to fit Scotland’s circumstances, Scotland’s economy...
22 Nov 17The chancellor has lifted a controversial £35m VAT liability imposed uniquely on Scotland’s police and emergency services.
13 Nov 17Holyrood’s health committee has powerfully criticised a lack of clarity as to how or to what effect more than £8bn of Scottish taxpayers’ money is being spent under the merger of...
10 Nov 17Deputy prime minister Damian Green is facing complaints at today’s British-Irish Council meeting from the devolved governments that they have been sidelined by British ministers in the...
9 Oct 17Scottish ministers have been forced to admit that their controversial plans to halve duties for airlines serving Scotland’s airports have hit a Brexit-related snag.
4 Oct 17The Scottish Government has imposed what amounts to a total ban on fracking, a decision that puts it at odds both with UK energy policy and the owners of Scotland’s biggest industrial complex.
29 Sep 17Scotland’s auditor general has given the Scottish Government a clean bill of health for the accounting and management of its £34bn budget in 2016-17, but warned ministers that they will...
26 Sep 17Scotland’s first two devolved taxes, on property sales and landfill, fell short of projected revenues in 2016-17 by more than £50m.
22 Sep 17An alliance of aid charities has urged the Scottish Government to respond to developing world climate catastrophes by ramping up its programme for reducing greenhouse emissions.
15 Sep 17Scottish education secretary John Swinney faces mounting pressure – including from within his own party – to intervene over a 17% pay rise for a top college executive at a time when pay...
4 Sep 17Union leaders have today warned Scottish ministers to brace themselves for above-inflation pay demands across the public sector.
23 Aug 17The notional deficit in Scotland’s public finances has fallen by £1.3bn over the past year, but still stands at 8.3% of GDP, more than three times the UK level, according to the annual...
21 Aug 17Scotland’s public finances are especially vulnerable to damage from the Brexit process, and ministers should be putting contingencies in place now to absorb future economic shocks, CIPFA has...
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