Kate Forbes is clear it is time to ensure there is money to invest in public services, even though this will not be an easy task. The Scottish finance minister talks to Kerry Lorimer.
Steven Whyte, head of finance at Aberdeen Council, was named Public Finance Professional of the Year in an awards ceremony at the CIPFA Scotland conference.
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has told the CIPFA Scotland conference he expects Scottish tax policies to diverge increasingly from those of the rest of the UK.
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...
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.
Uncertainty over levels of immigration will make it impossible to plan public services properly for as long as Britain remains in the EU, UKIP’s sole elected parliamentarian in Scotland told a...
Staffordshire County Council has improved key outcomes for its public and achieved £150m of savings by transforming itself from a provider of services to a commissioner of outcomes, delegates to the...
Public finance professionals are uniquely placed to give organisations the leadership, strategy and hope they need to keep up morale in the face of continued austerity, CIPFA chief executive Rob...
A government-owned business can be entrepreneurial if it changes its philosophy and encourages ambition and risk-taking, the head of Scotland’s principal ferry operator told delegates to the CIPFA...
Devolution deals that are transforming public services in Greater Manchester would not have happened without Scottish devolution showing the way, former CIPFA president and Bury Council chief...
The consequences of greater devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament was the hot topic at CIPFA Scotland’s Directors of Finance Annual Public Finance Debate
CIPFA has launched a new guide to the implementation of reforms to social care provision in Scotland that are designed to lead to greater personalisation of support.
Scotland’s public bodies should be proactive in seeking to review and renegotiate Public Finance Initiative deals that no longer meet changed market conditions or public needs, top PFI...
Scotland’s broad-based commission on a replacement for the council tax is highly unlikely to arrive at a consensus, Local Government Minister Marco Biagi admitted in a speech today to the CIPFA...
The independence referendum has reframed the way Scots approach elections, and looks likely to deliver sweeping gains for the Scottish National Party at the May 7 general election, top political...
Unprecedented pressures lie ahead for Scottish local government finances, and councils need effective long-term plans to prepare for them, the Accounts Commission for Scotland warns today in its...
A former Scottish Government cabinet minister has called for a restructuring of Scottish local government and other public bodies in response to plans to devolve significant extra powers to Holyrood.
