Councils and transport bodies in Scotland have been warned they are storing up future problems after auditors found that the backlog of spending needed for roads repairs has soared to £2.25bn.
The Local Government Finance Settlement in Scotland was confirmed yesterday, with councils set to receive more than £11bn next year if they agree to a funding deal
Finance Secretary John Swinney has rejected claims that the Scottish Government failed to provide the UK Treasury with any detailed analysis of its case for full financial autonomy
The Scottish local government workforce is set to fall sharply as councils strive to meet savings targets, the Accounts Commission for Scotland has warned.
The Scottish Government’s £33bn spending plans for the coming year have cleared their first crucial hurdle after MSPs approved the principles of the budget bill.
An influential parliamentary committee has called on the Scottish Government to disclose how many public sector jobs will be lost as a result of the spending plans in its draft budget.
Disputes between the devolved nations and Whitehall over funding issues should be resolved independently and not by the Treasury, the author of the review into Welsh funding and finance has said.
Scotland’s finance secretary today called on the UK government to introduce a fuel duty regulator mechanism, under which increased North Sea oil income would be used to cut fuel taxes.
A major shake-up planned for the police service in Scotland could lead to the creation of a single national force, the Scots justice secretary has announced.
Tony Redmond, former chair of the Commission for Local Administration in England and local government ombudsman, has been knighted in the latest round of honours
A range of future funding options for Scottish universities have been announced by ministers, but tuition fees for Scottish students ‘remain off the table’.
A UK Cabinet minister has rejected claims by the Scottish Government that it would have been ‘short-changed’ by almost £8bn if the Calman plans for tax reforms had been in operation over the past...
Plans hailed as the biggest transfer of financial powers to Scotland since the Act of Union have been set out by the coalition government in Westminster
Scotland’s finance secretary John Swinney is likely to face a Parliamentary inquiry after admitting he had allowed Holyrood’s ‘tartan tax’ powers to lapse.
Should the public sector start drowning its sorrows as the cuts kick in? Doom merchants certainly seem to think so. But perhaps in reality the glass is half full and not half empty. Tony Travers...
A Public Finance dinner debate brought together the great and the good in Scottish local government to discuss finances in advance of the SNP's budget plans. David Scott reports
Thousands of public sector workers in Scotland will have their salaries frozen next year and bonuses will be suspended under budget plans announced by Finance Secretary John Swinney.
