Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has told MSPs that he plans to use the Scottish Parliament’s new borrowing powers “to the max” to offset the effects of UK fiscal austerity.
A tripartite review of Holyrood’s budget processes to prepare for its new devolved tax powers will go beyond that remit and look at future proofing the Scottish Parliament’s processes...
MSPs have approved a Scottish Government order to increase the council tax for Scotland’s wealthiest households, but only after delivering a rebuke to ministers for failing to replace the tax with a...
A root-and-branch review of the Scottish Parliament’s budgetary process is to be undertaken in order to reflect Holyrood’s increasing fiscal powers and its changing relationship with Westminster.
A former Labour first minister has told PF that the divergence of political values between Scotland and England has left him ready to back independence.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
