The Scottish Government has failed to spend over €136m in EU structural funding allocated to boost economic development north of the border, new analysis has revealed.
Scotland has become the first part of the UK to introduce a formal tourist tax as councils were given the power to levy a charge on overnight visitors.
Scotland saw higher net migration from elsewhere in the UK after adopting a more progressive income tax system – but it could have been higher still without that divergence, according to the latest...
Climate change and the pursuit of net zero pose a profound threat to Scotland’s public finances, and it could face a disproportionate impact compared with England, the Scottish Fiscal Commission has...
Income tax is set to generate £700m more for the Scottish Government next year than previously expected, but only a small portion of this is from the hike for high-earners announced in this week’s...
A growing number of councils are “teetering on the brink” amid rising demand and strained finances that will leave them an estimated £3.6bn budget gap in England, Scotland and Wales, Unison has...
Reducing borrowing restrictions and removing limits on reserve use will give the Scottish Government more flexibility to respond to challenges arising from forecasting mistakes.
A “failure of management oversight and gross incompetence” within Renfrewshire Council contributed to the construction of a school as much as three times too small, an independent review has found.
Scottish council leaders have claimed the latest local government pay offer is fair and recognises the importance of the workforce, despite opposition from unions.
Reforming local taxation to include surcharges on out-of-town businesses could help to arrest decades of decline in Scottish town centres, MSPs have said.
A charge on workplace car parking – the first of its kind in Scotland – could make millions for City of Edinburgh Council to invest in transport infrastructure.
“Power grab” proposals to centralise social care services in Scotland could see thousands of staff moved to a national body, and the plans face searing criticism from council leaders and unions.
The battle between Scotland’s police officers and their employers has ended with a 5% deal – bringing them into line with other public sector pay deals.
Scottish local government leaders have rejected claims from a union that they missed a crucial meeting to discuss the 2022-23 pay offer amid looming industrial action.
