Forecasts of an unprecedented £3bn cut in Scottish public services over the next three years are unreliable, an expert on public finance has told a budget review panel
Public services in Scotland will need to be restricted or withdrawn as part of a redefined relationship between the state and the individual, an influential budget review group has been told.
The Scottish Government has been urged by the CBI business lobby to end its ‘institutional bias’ against the private sector and encourage more competition.
Plans to increase the financial powers of Scotland’s Parliament amount to the most dramatic change in taxation ever envisaged by the UK Treasury, Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy told the CIPFA in...
A Conservative government would delay implementation of plans to increase the finance powers of the Scottish Parliament until a full analysis had been carried out by the UK Treasury, Public Finance...
Changes to the management of NHS waiting lists in Scotland have made the system fairer for patients but more needs to be done to ensure it works effectively, Audit Scotland has found.
Plans to give Scotland additional tax powers contain a fatal flaw. A built-in perverse incentive means that the Holyrood government would be less inclined to adopt a fiscal stimulus and could,...
Is the Whitehall post of Scottish secretary an anachronism in today’s devolved UK? Yes, say the SNP and the LibDems; no, insist Labour and the Tories. As the row heats up, latest incumbent Jim Murphy...
Scotland’s first minister has warned the UK government that it must not impose further spending cuts on the country or it will seriously damage services and economic recovery.
Public sector plans for savings in Scotland will not be enough to meet the serious financial challenges that lie ahead, the country’s spending watchdog has warned.
Public spending watchdog Audit Scotland is considering carrying out a detailed investigation into Scotland’s largest transport authority following a row over expenses and trips abroad
