Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has called for a wide-ranging debate on the tough choices that lie ahead following a warning by his chief economist that Scotland faces long-term spending cuts...
Councils in Scotland would lose millions of pounds if their legal right to chase up local tax debts was restricted to five years, leading finance officers have warned
Claims by the Holyrood government that Scotland would have a budget surplus of £1.3bn if it received a geographical share of North Sea oil should come with a 'health warning', a leading public...
Business leaders in Scotland are divided over how far the UK government should go in giving the devolved Holyrood Parliament extra powers over taxation
Peter Housden, the outgoing permanent secretary at the Department for Communities and Local Government, has been appointed Scotland’s top civil servant.
Scotland is to be given greater powers over tax and borrowing in the biggest shake-up of the devolution settlement since the Holyrood Parliament was established
The formula which allocates public funding per head to people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should be extended to regions in the north of England, according to a think-tank
Peter Housden, the senior civil servant at the heart of the row over local government reorganisation, has been appointed to the top job at the Scottish Executive
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney is to postpone the ‘pain’ of immediate spending cuts in line with a flexibility deal offered by Chancellor George Osborne.
The Scottish Government’s chief economic adviser has defended the non-partisan role of the civil service after being challenged over a controversial report on spending cuts, published during the...
Regions are at risk of becoming ‘entrenched’ in a damaging public spending culture if nationalist parties are given too many concessions during the fight to secure a stable government, think-tanks...
Fresh thinking about the design and provision of services will be needed if councils are to cope with the difficult times ahead, the chief of Scotland’s local government spending watchdog has warned
Care services for elderly people could cost an extra £300bn across the UK over the next 20 years, members of a Scottish parliamentary committee have been told
Public spending in Scotland might not return to pre-recession levels for another 15 years, the chief economic adviser to the Holyrood government has warned
