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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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16 Jan 19
The Scottish finance secretary has defended his planned settlement for local government while stressing he is “open minded” to giving councils greater fiscal autonomy.
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9 Jan 19
An overhaul of Scottish economic and social policy will be needed in the face of global automation, which threatens a third of jobs by 2030, a leading think-tank has claimed.
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12 Dec 18
The Scottish finance secretary has announced a raft of funding increases for public services but warned priorities could change with no deal Brexit.
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3 Dec 18
The Scottish Government’s draft budget this month will reveal not only the impact of an improving economic outlook on public finances but the extent of Holyrood’s determination to plough a...
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29 Nov 18
Deprivation must be better reflected in the allocation of funding to Scotland’s local authorities, the country’s spending watchdog has said.
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27 Nov 18
Although the Scottish Government has taken a ‘step in the right direction’, panellists at CIPFA’s Public Finance Debate warned the NHS in Scotland is unsustainable. Kerry Lorimer reports.
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22 Nov 18
Policing in Scotland still faces “considerable challenges” in achieving financial sustainability despite progress in governance and budget monitoring, auditors have found.
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21 Nov 18
The process of extracting the UK from the European Union will stretch the system of government “beyond breaking point”, a leading academic has warned.
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16 Nov 18
Budgetary pressures and a lack of long-term financial planning are undermining ambitious plans to integrate health and social care in Scotland.
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15 Nov 18
Greater fiscal autonomy for Scottish councils is shaping up to be one of the key battlegrounds ahead of publication of the draft budget in December.
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5 Nov 18
Scottish councils have called for a 2.5% increase in funding in the forthcoming budget, saying recent tight settlements and a lack of fiscal autonomy have left local government with “no room to...
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29 Oct 18
Ambitious plans to merge health and social care in Scotland are being hampered by a lack of leadership within the new integrated authorities, a parliamentary committee has warned.
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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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23 Oct 18
The stockpiling of goods by firms ahead of Brexit could provide a short term fillip to the Scottish economy, according to the Scottish Government’s chief economist.
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17 Oct 18
The Scottish Government has been warned against further raising the top rate of income tax, which would create greater divergence in the tax system north and south of the border.
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11 Oct 18
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has set out plans to consult on a discretionary local visitor tax ahead of the draft budget.
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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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4 Oct 18
Auditors have raised “serious reservations” over the finances of two Scottish health boards.
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2 Oct 18
The Scottish Government has called for an end to the benefits freeze after a new report highlighted the fall in social security spending north of the border.
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26 Sep 18
An extension of Brexit negotiations under Article 50 may be necessary to protect the fragile upturn in Scotland’s economy, according to a leading think-tank.
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21 Sep 18
Scottish councils are facing “increasing fragility” in their finances, according to the head of Scotland’s local government watchdog.
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20 Sep 18
Scotland’s economy outstripped that of the rest of the UK by growing 0.5% in the second quarter of 2018, buoyed by output from the retail and wholesale sectors, according to the latest statistics.
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17 Sep 18
Local government workers in Scotland have been urged to accept a revised 3% pay deal in order to avoid job losses and cuts to services.
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11 Sep 18
The debate over Scotland’s economic future has become increasingly febrile in the wake of the blueprint for independence published by the SNP’s Sustainable Growth Commission.
18 Jan 19Westminster 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.
16 Jan 19The Scottish finance secretary has defended his planned settlement for local government while stressing he is “open minded” to giving councils greater fiscal autonomy.
9 Jan 19An overhaul of Scottish economic and social policy will be needed in the face of global automation, which threatens a third of jobs by 2030, a leading think-tank has claimed.
3 Dec 18The Scottish Government’s draft budget this month will reveal not only the impact of an improving economic outlook on public finances but the extent of Holyrood’s determination to plough a...
27 Nov 18Although the Scottish Government has taken a ‘step in the right direction’, panellists at CIPFA’s Public Finance Debate warned the NHS in Scotland is unsustainable. Kerry Lorimer reports.
22 Nov 18Policing in Scotland still faces “considerable challenges” in achieving financial sustainability despite progress in governance and budget monitoring, auditors have found.
21 Nov 18The process of extracting the UK from the European Union will stretch the system of government “beyond breaking point”, a leading academic has warned.
15 Nov 18Greater fiscal autonomy for Scottish councils is shaping up to be one of the key battlegrounds ahead of publication of the draft budget in December.
5 Nov 18Scottish councils have called for a 2.5% increase in funding in the forthcoming budget, saying recent tight settlements and a lack of fiscal autonomy have left local government with “no room to...
4 Oct 18Auditors have raised “serious reservations” over the finances of two Scottish health boards.
21 Sep 18Scottish councils are facing “increasing fragility” in their finances, according to the head of Scotland’s local government watchdog.
17 Sep 18Local government workers in Scotland have been urged to accept a revised 3% pay deal in order to avoid job losses and cuts to services.
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