A row has flared over Edinburgh’s controversial tramway plan after the city council entered into a formal legal dispute with the consortium building the £545m project
A city council that was the subject of a damning report by a local government watchdog has been commended for the ‘prompt and decisive action’ it has taken to resolve its problems
Opposition parties have accused the Scottish Government of ‘financial incompetence’ and ‘fantasy finance’ after Finance Secretary John Swinney set out his case for a North Sea oil fund for the...
Social landlords have underlined their commitment to improving ‘poor or inadequate’ services following a critical report by Scotland’s housing watchdog
The row over the funding for a second Forth road bridge in Scotland has reignited in Parliament, with Scottish Liberal Democrat MP Willie Rennie urging ministers to allow Scotland new borrowing...
A Lords inquiry has issued the latest in a series of official reports calling for the scrapping of the controversial 30-year-old funding mechanism for the UK nations. But replacing it will not be easy
The Scottish Government has defended public bodies’ spending on consultants following claims that three quangos have spent more than £360m on external advice in recent years.
The Scottish system of free personal care for elderly people, introduced in 2002, continues to be controversial as doubts rise over whether it is affordable in the long-term
Scotland’s biggest social landlord has been criticised by a housing watchdog over its failure to address management weaknesses and set out a ‘clear purpose and direction’.
Audit processes for local authorities should include an early warning system that would alert them to an impending financial crisis, according to leading finance officers in Scotland.
An early warning system to alert MSPs to spending decisions above a certain limit should be introduced by the Scottish Government, an influential parliamentary committee has proposed
A parliamentary committee has urged the Scottish Government to spend up to £170m annually over the next ten years to cut energy demand and fuel poverty across Scotland.
The row over Scotland’s ability to stand on its own financially has been reignited by the news that it would show a small surplus if it received its share of North Sea oil.
The Scottish Government has underlined its commitment to providing accurate information to MSPs after a damning parliamentary report on senior civil servants.
Labour and the other pro-Union parties in Scotland have joined up to push for far-reaching changes in the powers of the Scottish Parliament, including unprecedented control over taxation.
