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
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has promised that the new fiscal and welfare powers to be devolved under the 2015 Scotland Bill will be “a game-changer.”
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...
A review into the regulation of charity fundraising requested by Scottish Government ministers has been launched by the sector’s umbrella organisation today.
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.
Pressure is mounting on David Cameron to convene a full-blown constitutional convention after an unparalleled near clean sweep by the Scottish National Party of Westminster seats north of the border.
Holyrood will insist on a fair fiscal framework to reconcile Scotland’s new tax powers with its block grant as part of the implementation of proposals on further devolution, Deputy First Minister...
Scotland’s continuing obsession with wresting powers from Westminster is in danger of hijacking the ‘more pressing’ need to devolve power down from Holyrood to local authority level...
CIPFA Scotland will tell MSPs later this week that the Smith Commission’s post-referendum plans to extend devolution were wrong to leave the Scottish Parliament’s new borrowing powers unchanged from...
Audit Scotland has endorsed the Scottish Government’s emergency takeover of the troubled Prestwick Airport, but warned ministers that they urgently need a clear and robust business plan for the...
The Scottish Parliament has agreed to write-off nearly £500m of unpaid poll tax debts, in spite of Conservative claims that the precedent it establishes amounts to a tax-dodgers’ charter.
A rift between ministers and councils over the Scottish Government’s pledge to maintain pupil-teacher ratios has widened, after the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities said it was considering a...
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon chose a speech in London today to set out the Scottish Government’s alternative to the Westminster ‘cosy consensus’ in favour of fiscal austerity.
Ten of the UK’s largest cities have today launched a ‘freedom charter’ setting out demands for devolution that they said would drive national prosperity and boost local economies.
Revenue Scotland, the new tax collection agency due to come into force in Scotland from April 1, is fully ready to take over, Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has told the UK Treasury.
Draft legislation to increase the powers of the Scottish Parliament, including retention of income tax receipts, has been published by Westminster today.
Scottish ministers have defended their record in protecting public services, after a Holyrood committee report suggested that £500m, committed in 2011 for radical service reform, had achieved very...
Scotland’s new local government minister has mapped out ambitious plans for a broad-based assault on inequality, as well as a range of measures to strengthen public participation in policy making.
Younger primary schools pupils in Scotland’s schools are entitled to a free school lunch as of today, under a Scottish Government scheme that ministers say will remove the stigma of subsidised meals...
Professor Julian Le Grand, who has advised the government on the creation of public sector mutuals and has undertaken a review of children’s services in Birmingham, is among the public sector...
The Scottish government will be able to issue bonds from next April after the UK Treasury tabled legislation to enhance the borrowing powers of Holyrood.
George Osborne’s Autumn Statement support for the principle of devolving corporation tax to Northern Ireland brought immediate demands from the Scottish National Party for similar powers in Scotland.
Scotland needs better tools for monitoring the public finances to go with its new devolved powers, the auditor general for Scotland has told Public Finance.
Plans to devolve a host of fiscal powers to the Scottish Parliament, including full retention of income tax, make it more important than ever to replace the Barnett formula used to determine levels...
