Government plans for local government reorganisation have been described as a “blatant power grab” which would fail to address the financial challenges facing the sector.
Exit packages worth over £1m paid to senior staff at Glasgow City Council – including the former chief executive – were subject to a “deeply concerning” lack of scrutiny, according to the watchdog...
Scrutiny of local government finances is being hindered by a lack of understanding among officers and elected members and the absence of standardised reporting requirements, according to a new study.
Scottish Government plans to shed thousands of public sector jobs to plug a projected annual budget gap of £4.7bn have been described as “implausible” by leading economists.
The eligibility criteria for government-funded childcare puts disadvantaged children at risk of missing out on the same early education as their more affluent peers, according to a report.
The government has been urged to scrap permitted development rights in the wake of new research showing that thousands of affordable homes have been lost to office-to-residential conversions.
Indefinite protection for those facing cuts to their benefits under the government’s plans for welfare reform risks unfairness and perverse incentives, a leading think-tank has warned.
Researchers have hailed the impact of a shorter working week in Scotland, with findings showing increases in both productivity and wellbeing among staff at two organisations.
A major shake-up of council funding designed to shift resources towards areas in greater need could founder on a flawed methodology for measuring deprivation, the government has been warned.
The next Scottish Government will face a budget hit of more than £850m as growth in income tax revenue fails to keep pace with the rest of the UK, according to warnings from the nation’s official...
There have been growing calls for the government to increase the levels of available temporary accommodation to ease the current crisis surrounding asylum seekers in hotels.
Councils should be given an expanded “right of first refusal” to buy back homes disposed of under Right to Buy as part of a major drive to boost the availability of social housing, a report has...
A contractor jointly owned by Glasgow City Council has undergone an overhaul of its internal controls after a probe by auditors uncovered significant concerns over its governance.
Plans to overhaul the funding of local government fail to address the extreme financial pressure under which the sector is operating, the government has been warned.
Administrating authorities risk being overloaded by proposals to tackle inequality and discrimination in the Local Government Pension Scheme, the government has been warned.
The Scottish Government has been urged to build more homes for social rent after research showed the value of social housing to improve lives amid a deepening housing crisis.
This year’s Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland report has shown a weakening of Scottish public finances, with the nation’s net fiscal deficit as a share of GDP rising from 9.7% to 11.7%....
Four local authority pension funds left homeless under plans to consolidate the Local Government Pension Scheme have announced their new preferred pool.
