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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.
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22 Feb 19
The Scottish budget has passed its final parliamentary hurdle as MSPs backed measures that will see the tax gap widen between Scotland and the rest of the UK.
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20 Feb 19
A proposal which will see increasing divergence in income tax rates between Scotland and the rest of the UK has been given the green light by the Scottish Parliament.
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5 Feb 19
The unwillingness of public bodies to relinquish control of budgets is hindering the integration of health and social care in Scotland.
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18 Jan 19
Westminster has “picked the pocket of the health service” in Scotland, after NHS funding granted under the Barnett formula was £55m lower than promised, according to a committee of MSPs.
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25 Oct 18
Health services in Scotland are not financially sustainable in their current form, and immediate change is needed in how healthcare is accessed and delivered, the Scottish Government has been warned.
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8 Oct 18
Health boards in Scotland are to have their debts written off as part of a new, more flexible three-year financial framework.
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15 Aug 18
The Scottish economy is showing signs of outstripping that of the rest of the country, according to significantly revised growth figures released by the Scottish Government.
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28 Jun 18
Derek Mackay has retained responsibility for finance in a reshuffle at the top of the Scottish Government.
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25 May 18
The Scottish Government has allocated £50m of funding for schools to help close the attainment gap in the country.
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15 May 18
Welfare reform has had a substantial impact on the Scottish housing sector, with the introduction of universal credit pushing up rent arrears for social tenants, according to a report from the...
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13 Sep 17
Scotland’s finance secretary has announced he will boost investment incentives through reform of the business rates regime north of the border.
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5 Sep 17
First minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that Scotland will lift the 1% public sector pay cap next year.
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4 Sep 17
Union leaders have today warned Scottish ministers to brace themselves for above-inflation pay demands across the public sector.
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27 Apr 17
MSPs from across the political spectrum joined forces to lambast the Scottish Conservatives over their support for the UK government‘s two-child cap on child benefit entitlement.
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5 Apr 17
Brexit could bring Scotland’s plans for a new generation of social housing grinding to a halt, leaders of the Scottish housing association movement have warned.
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29 Mar 17
The Scottish Parliament has formally demanded a second referendum on independence to be held within two years, a day after the prime minister told first minister Nicola Sturgeon that now was not the...
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20 Mar 17
Scottish local government reformers need to stop being fixated with numbers of councils and concentrate instead on delivering services more efficiently, according to a report from Deloitte.
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2 Feb 17
Scotland’s first Budget since Holyrood gained control of income tax has passed its key parliamentary test, after an 11th hour deal between finance secretary Derek Mackay and the Scottish Greens to...
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20 Jan 17
The Scottish Government is to pilot raising a levy on exhaust pollution from heavy vehicles, as part of a renewed drive to meet long-term C02 emissions reduction targets.
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15 Dec 16
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has backed down on a bitterly opposed plan to commandeer £100m of council tax receipts into implementing national schools policy, but has been told by smaller...
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6 Dec 16
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...
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14 Nov 16
Scotland’s biggest local authority grouping has pulled out of talks with ministers and officials over a Scottish Government plan to hand £100m of council tax revenues directly to head teachers in an...
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4 Nov 16
MSPs have approved a Scottish Government order to increase the council tax for Scotland’s wealthiest households, but only after delivering a rebuke to ministers for failing to replace the tax with a...
23 May 19Fundamental reform of the council tax will be needed if Scottish councils are to raise additional revenue from local taxation, economists have warned.
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.
22 Feb 19The Scottish budget has passed its final parliamentary hurdle as MSPs backed measures that will see the tax gap widen between Scotland and the rest of the UK.
5 Feb 19The unwillingness of public bodies to relinquish control of budgets is hindering the integration of health and social care in Scotland.
28 Jun 18Derek Mackay has retained responsibility for finance in a reshuffle at the top of the Scottish Government.
25 May 18The Scottish Government has allocated £50m of funding for schools to help close the attainment gap in the country.
5 Sep 17First minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that Scotland will lift the 1% public sector pay cap next year.
4 Sep 17Union leaders have today warned Scottish ministers to brace themselves for above-inflation pay demands across the public sector.
20 Mar 17Scottish local government reformers need to stop being fixated with numbers of councils and concentrate instead on delivering services more efficiently, according to a report from Deloitte.
2 Feb 17Scotland’s first Budget since Holyrood gained control of income tax has passed its key parliamentary test, after an 11th hour deal between finance secretary Derek Mackay and the Scottish Greens to...
20 Jan 17The Scottish Government is to pilot raising a levy on exhaust pollution from heavy vehicles, as part of a renewed drive to meet long-term C02 emissions reduction targets.
14 Nov 16Scotland’s biggest local authority grouping has pulled out of talks with ministers and officials over a Scottish Government plan to hand £100m of council tax revenues directly to head teachers in an...
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