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6 May 16
Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party has won an historic third term in power, but has lost its overall majority at Holyrood.
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20 Apr 16
Health service spending in Scotland will be increased by £500m in real terms during the lifetime of the next Scottish Parliament if the Scottish National Party is returned to power on 5 May, first...
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1 Apr 16
Scotland’s public services ombudsman has warned the Scottish Parliament that he may need additional funding to meet a rising tide of complaints from the public.
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1 Feb 16
CIPFA has urged Scotland’s political parties to put the reform of local government finance at the top of their policy agendas for May’s Holyrood election and beyond, in the wake of a cross-party...
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8 Jan 16
The next Scottish Parliament will sit for five years rather than four for the second successive term to avoid a clash with a UK general election.
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5 Jan 16
The remit of the Scottish Fiscal Commission should be expanded to include independent forecasts of devolved tax revenues and examinations of the Scottish Government’s performance against its...
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22 Sep 15
An analysis by the Scottish Parliament has found the funding provided by the Scottish Government to local authorities for the seven-year council tax freeze has exceeded the amount of revenue that...
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27 Jul 15
David Cameron’s English Votes for English Laws policy will leave Scotland at increased fiscal disadvantage, in spite of the Scotland Bill’s devolution of income tax to Holyrood, according...
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13 May 15
CIFPA has today called on the Scottish Government to introduce a modernised fiscal framework that sets out its policy for managing debt and raising taxes.
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30 Apr 15
A leading independent economist has warned MSPs that the fiscal reforms proposed by the Smith Commission on further devolution will be unworkable without major parallel changes at UK level to a more...
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20 Aug 14
Voters in England want public spending in Scotland to be cut to the level of the UK average if there is a no vote in next month’s independence referendum, a poll has found.
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5 Sep 12
Former CIPFA president Caroline Gardner is back at Audit Scotland, sowing the seeds of good financial management and tackling the public sector’s perennial problems. She tells PF that her past...
6 May 16Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party has won an historic third term in power, but has lost its overall majority at Holyrood.
20 Apr 16Health service spending in Scotland will be increased by £500m in real terms during the lifetime of the next Scottish Parliament if the Scottish National Party is returned to power on 5 May, first...
1 Feb 16CIPFA has urged Scotland’s political parties to put the reform of local government finance at the top of their policy agendas for May’s Holyrood election and beyond, in the wake of a cross-party...
5 Jan 16The remit of the Scottish Fiscal Commission should be expanded to include independent forecasts of devolved tax revenues and examinations of the Scottish Government’s performance against its...
22 Sep 15An analysis by the Scottish Parliament has found the funding provided by the Scottish Government to local authorities for the seven-year council tax freeze has exceeded the amount of revenue that...
27 Jul 15David Cameron’s English Votes for English Laws policy will leave Scotland at increased fiscal disadvantage, in spite of the Scotland Bill’s devolution of income tax to Holyrood, according...
20 Aug 14Voters in England want public spending in Scotland to be cut to the level of the UK average if there is a no vote in next month’s independence referendum, a poll has found.
5 Sep 12Former CIPFA president Caroline Gardner is back at Audit Scotland, sowing the seeds of good financial management and tackling the public sector’s perennial problems. She tells PF that her past...
