Health services in all four nations of the UK have improved significantly since devolution, a study by the Nuffield Trust and Health Foundation has found
Scotland would have the second highest deficit among industrialised countries if it becomes independent in 2016, the Treasury has warned in its latest economic analysis ahead of September’s referendum
Scotland’s much-criticised cultural quango has published a ten-year plan aimed at radically restructuring public support for the creative industries and boosting the incomes of those who work in the...
An agreement between the Treasury and an independent Scotland to cover a proportion of the historic UK debt may not be enough to reassure credit ratings agencies that all obligations will be met, a...
A report by the Scottish Parliament’s in-house research unit has cast serious doubt on the financial assumptions underpinning Alex Salmond’s promise of a ‘transformative’ expansion in childcare...
The leader of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities has told Public Finance of his determination to fight to stop the organisation blowing itself apart, after seven of the 32 councils served...
The new chair of Scotland’s local government spending watchdog has told the country’s 32 councils they will have to be more innovative and open-minded about service delivery to meet renewed budgetary...
A sharp fall in North Sea revenues last year has increased Scotland’s notional public finances deficit to £12bn, a significantly higher per capita figure than for the rest of the UK, according to the...
Senior Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians today unveiled new fiscal proposals to strengthen devolution, following criticisms that the No campaign for the Scottish independence referendum has...
Labour should dump plans to offer Scots another tranche of fiscal devolution and focus on building a better Scotland with the powers already at Holyrood’s disposal, one of the party’s most senior...
Vic Emery, the chair of Scotland’s controversial national police authority, laid claim to a successful first year in operation, but admitted that there was still further to travel
Scotland’s public finance professionals should not wait for political permission before innovating to reform and improve service delivery, Finance Secretary John Swinney told the CIPFA Scotland...
Both the Scottish and UK Cabinets are meeting in Aberdeenshire today to pitch their case for the future of the North Sea oil and gas industry after September’s independence referendum
Chancellor George Osborne’s threat to block an independent Scotland from retaining Sterling would amount to a ‘George Tax’ that would expose businesses on both sides of the border to ‘hundreds of...
Chancellor George Osborne has ruled out a currency union between Scotland and the rest of the UK in the event of a Yes vote in September’s independence referendum
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has accused Westminster politicians of trying to bluff and bully Scotland, following reports that Chancellor George Osborne will not back a Sterling currency...
By Keith Aitken in Edinburgh| 10 February 2014
CIPFA Scotland has announced that it is undertaking a project to create a 'balance sheet' for Scotland that it is hoped will start to redress a lack of...
Prime Minister David Cameron has today called on people across the UK to speak out in support of the union as part of Scotland’s independence referendum campaign.
No Scottish tenant will face eviction as a result of the so-called bedroom tax following an unprecedented Budget deal between Labour and the Scottish National Party Government at Holyrood.
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today appealed to the UK government to lift the cap on discretionary housing payments after the Scottish Government found what it believes is the money needed to...
A currency union between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK would require agreements on public spending that would amount to a ‘ceding of national sovereignty’, the governor of the Bank...
The funding and international reputation of Scotland’s universities is being damaged by the UK coalition government’s ‘nasty’ and ‘xenophobic’ immigration policies, Scottish Education Secretary...
The true cost of delivering local authority services in Scotland is being under-estimated by nearly £1bn per annum, a deficit equivalent to £175 for every individual in the land, CIPFA Scotland has...
