All but six of Scotland’s 32 councils are failing to comply with a six-year-old minimum recommended level of school clothing grants to disadvantaged families, and two have cut their payment...
Scottish ministers are being warned of a mounting crisis in health provision after new figures showed the number of out-of-hours GP consultations last year to be approaching a million.
CIPFA has launched a new guide to the implementation of reforms to social care provision in Scotland that are designed to lead to greater personalisation of support.
A review into the regulation of charity fundraising requested by Scottish Government ministers has been launched by the sector’s umbrella organisation today.
David Cameron’s English Votes for English Laws policy will leave Scotland at increased fiscal disadvantage, in spite of the Scotland Bill’s devolution of income tax to Holyrood, according...
Scotland’s finance minister John Swinney used his speech at today’s CIPFA conference to call for the Smith Commission’s agreements to be implemented in full in the upcoming Scotland Act.
Scotland's deputy first minister talks to PF about the importance of service integration, the impact of funding cuts and Scotland's coming fiscal powers
CIPFA has called for an end to the council tax freeze which has been in place in Scotland since 2007, and for Scottish councils to be given the freedom to raise and set local taxes.
CIPFA’s incoming president lays out his priorities, with aligning public services to make the money work harder at the heart of his innovative approach
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has claimed that Scottish National Party demands for Holyrood to take over full responsibility for Scotland’s public finances would be a “shambles”...
Scottish Finance Minister John Swinney has struck out furiously at the chancellor’s “unexpected and unwarranted” £3bn in further cuts, complaining that Scottish Ministers were...
Scottish health secretary Shona Robison has promised further reform of the NHS in Scotland, following a joint warning from the major medical and nursing colleges that the current target-driven...
Leaders of the commission looking for a replacement for the council tax in Scotland believe they could yet achieve a broad political consensus ahead of next May’s Scottish Parliament elections.
The Queen’s Speech has delivered on the UK government’s pledge of early legislation to enact the fiscal devolution proposed by the Smith Commission, but gives no indication that David...
The Smith Commission plans for further fiscal devolution, due for implementation in legislation to be outlined in tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech, could leave Scotland in a worse economic state...
The merger of Scotland’s eight fire and rescue authorities into a central national service was conducted well and the service is effectively managed, but a major funding gap looms, according to...
An unprecedented group of 56 Scottish National Party MPs has today travelled to London calling for devolution of a host of economic, fiscal and welfare powers to Holyrood, beyond those proposed by...
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.
Scotland could become one of the world’s five richest nations over the next quarter century if it gains full fiscal autonomy, according to a report from a pro-independence business-led think...
