First Minister Alex Salmond has announced a rare reshuffle of his Scottish National Party government, primarily aimed at putting his deputy Nicola Sturgeon in charge of strategic planning for the...
Former CIPFA president Caroline Gardner is back at Audit Scotland, sowing the seeds of good financial management and tackling the public sector’s perennial problems. She tells PF that her past...
First Minister Alex Salmond today announced a 15-strong legislative programme for Holyrood in the coming year, dominated by the Bill to hold a referendum on Scottish independence in autumn 2014.
Scotland's public spending watchdog will be keeping a close eye on the financial skills of the Scottish Government as the independence debate gathers pace.
The Scottish Government has been urged to address ‘significant weaknesses’ in public sector IT programmes after Audit Scotland revealed delays and cost overruns across three schemes.
Scottish opposition leaders are to press the first minister to change his ballot question for Scotland’s independence referendum to a ‘fairer’ form of words.
Scottish ministers have outlined plans for a major shake-up of public procurement, including extending public benefit clauses and improving access for third sector bodies and smaller firms.
Westminster must have the final say on the form and conduct of Scotland’s independence referendum, according to a report published today by the Commons Scottish affairs select committee.
Scottish Government ministers are facing a parliamentary challenge over their refusal to extend Freedom of Information provisions to contractors and arm’s-length agencies.
A successful programme to help graduates gain employment experience through internships is to be stepped up, thanks to a £200,000 cash injection from the Scottish Government.
Treasury plans to open an Edinburgh office to promote ‘the benefits of the UK’ for the duration of the independence referendum campaign have provoked an angry response in Scotland.
Scotland’s economy is likely to return to pre-recession output levels in 2014, the year of the independence referendum, according to the Scottish Government’s State of the economy report.
Scotland’s universities would take 40 years at their current rate of progress to widen access to the levels demanded by ministers in return for increased funding, according to the National Union of...
Small business leaders today urged Holyrood to legislate to encourage councils to spend more of their budgets with local firms after a survey showed Scottish authorities were lagging behind the rest...
Scottish ministers have published figures showing that Scotland is building council houses at more than five times the per capita rate found in England.
Scotland’s government has urged UK Treasury ministers to plough back some of a multi-billion pound departmental underspend into capital projects capable of boosting jobs and growth in the Scottish...
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has been accused by fellow Tories of appeasing supporters of Scottish independence, following his announcement of plans to cut the strength of the regular army from...
