An NHS chief has been criticised by politicians after warning that ‘humanity is on a path towards unprecedented catastrophe’ and that the economic crisis could have a devastating effect...
Plans to create 16,000 ‘green’ jobs in Scotland will aid the country’s economic recovery and protect the environment, Finance Secretary John Swinney has claimed
A £250m social investment bank should be set up to transform the role of voluntary organisations in helping people back into work, according to the Third Sector Taskforce
The Scottish Government has been forced to draw up new spending plans after its £33bn budget was sensationally defeated on the casting vote of the Holyrood Parliament’s presiding officer
Local authorities were not reckless when they invested a total of £1.03bn in Icelandic banks that later collapsed, the Local Government Association has told a parliamentary inquiry
Public services face the prospect of a three-year real-terms spending freeze from 2010 as the government attempts to get its finances back on track, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned
The Scottish Government is to press ahead with its plans for a local income tax despite being told that there is ‘no legal basis’ for its introduction and that Revenue and Customs has no...
A leading economic think-tank set up by First Minister Alex Salmond is to examine options that would provide borrowing powers for the Scottish Government
Councils face the most severe capping round yet as ministers confirmed next year’s local government finance settlement but refused to specify a tax increase limits
Poor planning delayed three major projects within the £3bn Northern Ireland civil service reform programme and led to extra costs, according to the Assembly’s public accounts committee
Both the public finances and the state of the economy have ‘deteriorated significantly’ in the months since the Pre-Budget Report, economists have warned
Vacancies for jobs in areas such as teaching and nursing must be advertised in jobcentres before being publicised abroad, a new government rule stipulates
The number of bodies involved in local government pay negotiations in Scotland should be reduced, the head of the council employers’ organisation has told MSPs
The recession has turned the world upside down, as free marketeers embrace state intervention and socialists dance to a different tune. David Walker analyses Europe's response to the financial...
Everyone has a view on the government’s mistakes. But coming up with solutions is another matter. Colin Talbot takes on the challenge with a 2009 wish list that includes a financial regulatory...
