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26 Apr 21
Manifestos from Scotland’s largest parties do not honestly reckon with the devolved government’s likely financial situation in the coming years, according to Institute for Fiscal Studies researchers.
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15 Apr 21
Scottish Government’s income tax rates are progressive, but unnecessarily complicated by taxation bands that are too similar, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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31 Mar 21
Funding for the Scottish Government’s day-to-day spending in 2021-22 is nearly a third higher per person than in England, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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26 Jan 21
Funding from the Scottish Government will only meet between 60% and 70% of overall financial pressures identified by councils, according to the country’s local government spending watchdog.
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18 Jan 21
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be allocated by central government ministers, bypassing devolved administrations, according to Treasury chief secretary Steve Barclay.
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30 Nov 20
The Scottish Government is to pump an additional £200m of funding into its Affordable Housing Supply Programme next year, to help the construction sector’s recovery from Covid-19.
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28 Oct 20
Scottish GDP fell by 19.4% during the second quarter of this year, according to statistics released by the Scottish Government.
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15 Oct 20
The Scottish Government is set to allocate an additional £52.6m to maintain bus services during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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8 Oct 20
A new package of funding and financing flexibilities for local authorities in Scotland will allow councils to use capital receipts to meet funding pressures.
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27 Aug 20
Scottish debt rose to £15.1bn last year, around £2bn more than last year, according to statistics released by the Scottish Government.
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7 Aug 20
The Scottish government will move forward its review of its fiscal framework forward a year, in a bid to help the country’s recovery from Covid-19.
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22 Jun 20
Scotland must have greater fiscal autonomy to deal with the economic fall-out of the coronavirus pandemic, a group of economic advisors has warned.
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3 Apr 20
The devolution of almost £2bn in disability benefits to Scotland has been put on hold to allow the health and social care sectors to focus on their response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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31 Mar 20
An ambitious plan to expand early learning and childcare in Scotland has been halted to allow councils to focus on tackling the coronavirus pandemic.
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17 Mar 20
Scotland should prepare for “permanent scarring” of its economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a leading think tank has warned.
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12 Mar 20
PF hears finance secretary Kate Forbes’ plans for a uniquely Scottish approach to economic and welfare policy
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6 Mar 20
The Scottish Government is to press for greater borrowing powers to deal with the increasing fiscal risk arising from the devolution of tax and welfare powers, after it borrowed £200m to pay for its...
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3 Mar 20
Ambitious plans to expand early learning and childcare in Scotland could be undermined by risks around infrastructure and workforce, auditors have warned.
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28 Feb 20
The Scottish budget has passed its first parliamentary hurdle after the government struck a deal which saw extra funding secured for local authorities, policing and low carbon projects.
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13 Jan 20
An additional £1bn in revenue funding will be needed to preserve essential local services, Scottish councils have warned.
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18 Sep 19
GDP in Scotland fell by 0.3% in the second quarter of the year, just above the rate for the UK as a whole, according to the latest data.
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26 Jun 19
The mishandling of a high-profile IT project has left Scotland’s public sector pensions body facing a budget gap of up to £23m over the next five years.
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21 Jun 19
The Scottish Government has been warned that it must show greater strategic leadership across the public sector if it is to achieve its digital ambitions.
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23 May 19
Fundamental reform of the council tax will be needed if Scottish councils are to raise additional revenue from local taxation, economists have warned.
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8 Apr 19
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.
26 Apr 21Manifestos from Scotland’s largest parties do not honestly reckon with the devolved government’s likely financial situation in the coming years, according to Institute for Fiscal Studies researchers.
18 Jan 21The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be allocated by central government ministers, bypassing devolved administrations, according to Treasury chief secretary Steve Barclay.
15 Oct 20The Scottish Government is set to allocate an additional £52.6m to maintain bus services during the Covid-19 pandemic.
8 Oct 20A new package of funding and financing flexibilities for local authorities in Scotland will allow councils to use capital receipts to meet funding pressures.
17 Mar 20Scotland should prepare for “permanent scarring” of its economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a leading think tank has warned.
12 Mar 20PF hears finance secretary Kate Forbes’ plans for a uniquely Scottish approach to economic and welfare policy
26 Jun 19The mishandling of a high-profile IT project has left Scotland’s public sector pensions body facing a budget gap of up to £23m over the next five years.
21 Jun 19The Scottish Government has been warned that it must show greater strategic leadership across the public sector if it is to achieve its digital ambitions.
8 Apr 19Kate 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.
