Proposals by the Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services can succeed only if the Scottish Government radically changes the way funds are distributed, CIPFA has said.
Labour has accused the Scottish Government of failing to live up to a promise to pay all its employees at least the ‘Living Wage’, the minimum income campaigners say is needed for a decent quality of...
A radical funding initiative designed to kick-start construction of affordable housing in Scotland has been hailed as 'innovative and helpful' by the Scottish Government, despite falling short of its...
Scottish ministers have ramped up their efforts to increase third sector involvement in public services with a £7m package of measures aimed at making charities and social enterprises more...
Scottish Education Secretary Michael Russell is facing fresh pressure to account for an apparent ‘black hole’ in the funds available to pay for policy of no tuition fees at Scottish universities.
Scotland's local authority accounting advisory body has published a handbook to help councillors and other public body governors navigate their way through long and complex financial documents.
Edinburgh councillors have decided against pulling the plug on the city’s beleaguered tramline project, but must now raise more than £200m extra to finish it.
Local authority leaders today welcomed the report of the Christie Commission into the future of public services in Scotland, saying it mapped out a 'journey that local government is both willing and...
A new emphasis on early intervention and preventative spending is expected to feature prominently in the recommendations of a major review into Scottish public services, due to be published tomorrow
Finance Secretary John Swinney has expressed his sympathy to public sector unions over the UK government’s pension reforms, but has said he cannot mitigate the impact on Scottish workers.
The Scottish Government will be able to use new capital borrowing powers in the Scotland Bill this year, instead of in 2013, following an agreement with Westminster.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond starts two days of talks with UK government leaders tomorrow, with demands for increased control over taxes high on the agenda.
A prominent think-tank called today for a substantial increase in the number of police forces in Scotland, despite a growing consensus that the present eight forces should be cut to as few as one
Health partnerships in Scotland that aimed to provide more community-based services have not added value for patients in the past decade and must be improved, auditors said today.
Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has warned his Scottish counterpart that Scotland could lose Westminster block grant if it follows Belfast’s bid to set its own corporation tax.
Leaders of Scotland's social enterprise sector are holding talks with local authority chief executives to pitch for a greater role in providing public services.
John Swinney is to remain as finance secretary following the Scottish National Party’s landslide victory in the Holyrood elections, it was revealed yesterday. But he will be given a higher profile on...
An independent Scotland could continue to share major public spending commitments with the remainder of the UK, under a radical re-definition of independence being floated by the Scottish National...
First Minister Alex Salmond has put greater financial powers for Holyrood at the top of his shopping list from Westminster in the wake of the Scottish National Party’s stunning victory in the...
