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6 Jan 17
Proposals to reform the Scottish education system could expose schools to significant financial risks, CIPFA Scotland has warned.
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15 Dec 16
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has backed down on a bitterly opposed plan to commandeer £100m of council tax receipts into implementing national schools policy, but has been told by smaller...
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29 Nov 16
Scotland’s municipal spending watchdog has praised the financial management of the country’s local authorities over the past year, but warned them of a bleak future of shrinking budgets...
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14 Nov 16
Scotland’s biggest local authority grouping has pulled out of talks with ministers and officials over a Scottish Government plan to hand £100m of council tax revenues directly to head teachers in an...
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11 Nov 16
Senior local government finance figures in Scotland have raised concerns that the Scottish Government’s public service reform plan is placing too much focus on governance changes, to the...
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31 Oct 16
Poor record-keeping means that some Scottish councils pay for the upkeep of property they don’t own, according to the official in charge of the Scottish Land Register.
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20 Oct 16
The legislative blueprint for a second Scottish independence referendum, procedurally similar to the vote that rejected independence 55-45 two years ago, is published today by the Scottish Government.
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13 Oct 16
An enabling Bill to pave the way for a second referendum on Scottish independence is to be published at Holyrood next week, first minister Nicola Sturgeon told today’s opening session of the...
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6 Oct 16
CIPFA has called on the Scottish Government to create a framework for managing devolved taxes that would provide transparency in its plans for revenue raising.
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6 Oct 16
Councils have urged Scottish Government ministers not to marginalise local government in running Scotland’s schools, warning that any centralisation of provision would lead to increased costs and...
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8 Sep 16
Scotland’s new tax collection agency has ended its first year of operation with revenues slightly ahead of forecast and running costs within budget.
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6 Sep 16
A £500m investment boost for the Scottish economy, more cash for education and health alongside plans for public services reform have been set out by Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon today.
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2 Sep 16
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has brought the prospect of a second referendum on Scottish independence markedly closer, with the launch of “the biggest listening exercise” in her party...
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24 Aug 16
Scotland’s public finances ended 2015-16 almost £15bn in deficit thanks to a massive slump in the North Sea revenues, according to the latest figures produced by the Scottish Government.
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22 Aug 16
Four councils that broke away last year from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities are threatening the Scottish Government with legal action over its insistence that it will negotiate only...
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10 Aug 16
Scotland’s first minister has today unveiled what is billed as a post-Brexit economic stimulus package, bringing forward £100m of planned infrastructure spend into the current year and...
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8 Aug 16
A conflict is brewing between the Scottish Government and local authorities over ministers’ plan to fund a key plank of its national education policy from increases in local taxation.
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27 Jul 16
The Scottish Welfare Fund, which provides support to individuals and families in financial need, has been underspent for a third successive year, prompting fears about how effective Scotland’s...
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20 Jun 16
Scotland’s auditor general has said she intends to keep a close eye on the Scottish government’s highly controversial plan to allocate every child in Scotland a public sector “named person” from...
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6 Jun 16
Scotland should use the devolution of powers over tax and social security as an opportunity to create a single government department to run both systems, an independent think-tank has proposed.
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25 May 16
A new Scottish social security agency, an education reform summit, and a 50-50 gender balance law for public boards are among the priorities for the Scottish National Party’s third term in government...
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18 May 16
John Swinney’s nine-year stewardship of Scotland’s public finances has ended, after first minister Nicola Sturgeon shifted him to the politically sensitive education portfolio in a major...
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11 May 16
The finance and economy briefs in the Scottish Cabinet, combined since 2007 under John Swinney, are to be separated at the outset of the new Holyrood Parliament, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon...
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29 Apr 16
CIPFA is warning the incoming Scottish Government that it will need a rolling programme of reform in financial planning and service delivery if it is to turn its new fiscal powers into the better...
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8 Apr 16
The Scottish National Party’s proposal to reform rather than scrap the council tax would still bring about a significant shift in the burden from the poorest households to the wealthiest, according...
6 Jan 17Proposals to reform the Scottish education system could expose schools to significant financial risks, CIPFA Scotland has warned.
15 Dec 16Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has backed down on a bitterly opposed plan to commandeer £100m of council tax receipts into implementing national schools policy, but has been told by smaller...
29 Nov 16Scotland’s municipal spending watchdog has praised the financial management of the country’s local authorities over the past year, but warned them of a bleak future of shrinking budgets...
11 Nov 16Senior local government finance figures in Scotland have raised concerns that the Scottish Government’s public service reform plan is placing too much focus on governance changes, to the...
31 Oct 16Poor record-keeping means that some Scottish councils pay for the upkeep of property they don’t own, according to the official in charge of the Scottish Land Register.
20 Oct 16The legislative blueprint for a second Scottish independence referendum, procedurally similar to the vote that rejected independence 55-45 two years ago, is published today by the Scottish Government.
13 Oct 16An enabling Bill to pave the way for a second referendum on Scottish independence is to be published at Holyrood next week, first minister Nicola Sturgeon told today’s opening session of the...
6 Oct 16Councils have urged Scottish Government ministers not to marginalise local government in running Scotland’s schools, warning that any centralisation of provision would lead to increased costs and...
6 Sep 16A £500m investment boost for the Scottish economy, more cash for education and health alongside plans for public services reform have been set out by Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon today.
24 Aug 16Scotland’s public finances ended 2015-16 almost £15bn in deficit thanks to a massive slump in the North Sea revenues, according to the latest figures produced by the Scottish Government.
27 Jul 16The Scottish Welfare Fund, which provides support to individuals and families in financial need, has been underspent for a third successive year, prompting fears about how effective Scotland’s...
20 Jun 16Scotland’s auditor general has said she intends to keep a close eye on the Scottish government’s highly controversial plan to allocate every child in Scotland a public sector “named person” from...
6 Jun 16Scotland should use the devolution of powers over tax and social security as an opportunity to create a single government department to run both systems, an independent think-tank has proposed.
18 May 16John Swinney’s nine-year stewardship of Scotland’s public finances has ended, after first minister Nicola Sturgeon shifted him to the politically sensitive education portfolio in a major...
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