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.
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...
The Scottish government’s newly devolved fiscal powers expose it to a whole ‘new world’ of risk and responsibility, Scotland’s auditor general has warned ministers.
Scotland’s first new national taxes since 1707 came into force today as the Scottish Government’s Land and Buildings Transaction Tax, a replacement for UK Stamp Duty, and a new Landfill...
The chancellor’s support for the oil and gas and whisky industries attracted broad support in Scotland, tempered with criticism of his continued austerity drive in the public finances.
