The Scottish Government’s policy to renationalise the Royal Mail if the country votes for independence on September 18 is ‘nothing more than an uncosted aspiration’, a Westminster parliamentary...
Leaders of the London-based parties today joined forces to promise the Scottish Parliament more powers on taxes and social security if Scots vote No to independence in next month’s referendum.
Delays in bringing in a £60m computer system are causing operational headaches for Scotland’s merged national police force, according to a report by the Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland.
There is no possibility of a currency union between an independent Scotland the residual UK and the plan is not in the best interests of either party, Westminster MPs said today.
Scotland’s public service funding gap is likely to be smaller than the UK’s if the country becomes independent in 2016/17, an analysis by CIPFA has found.
CIPFA Scotland’s long-awaited referendum ‘balance sheet’ will be published shortly, accompanied by a plea for more transparent reporting of Scottish public finances, regardless of the outcome of the...
Scotland’s uncertain constitutional future has proved no deterrent to overseas investors, according to the annual Attractiveness Survey by accountants EY.
Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed a report from a panel of experts calling for an independent Scotland to raise the minimum wage, inflation-link benefits, scrap the ‘bedroom...
Spending cuts or tax increases would be needed in an independent Scotland to meet the estimated £1.2bn cost of policies in the Scottish Government’s independence white paper, the Institute for Fiscal...
The Scottish Parliament should be given full control over income tax if there is a no vote in September’s independence referendum, the Conservatives have said today.
Scottish ministers are to relax Treasury rules on the sale of state-owned assets in order to free up land owned by the Scottish Government and its agencies for community purchase.
An independent Scotland could face as much as £2.7bn in costs to establish the fundamental basics of a new national government, the Westminster administration has claimed, but the figure has been...
Increased fiscal powers for Holyrood will be guaranteed by the Liberal Democrats in any coalition negotiations that follow the 2015 UK general election, provided Scots vote No to independence in...
The Scottish Parliament has rejected a Labour move to enforce payment of the Living Wage on all firms undertaking public contracts in Scotland, after Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the...
Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael has cast doubt on the ability of an independent Scotland to deal with economic shocks after publishing the Westminster government’s latest analysis of the...
A currency union between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK is unlikely to include either a fiscal pact or a banking union as these would be worthless and unsustainable in the long term,...
Scottish finance secretary John Swinney today spelled out details of a new independent fiscal commission, which could take on much the same role in Scotland as the Office for Budget Responsibility...
International investors look to be taking Scotland’s increasingly fractious independence debate in their stride, according to the Scottish Futures Trust.
A report on the future of Scottish local government has dismissed claims that the country has too many councils and has called for the nation’s 32 unitary authorities to be given more powers
Scotland’s local authorities saved £71m last year through more efficient spending of their aggregate £5.4bn procurement budget, but more can be done to boost collaboration and develop better...
Scotland’s island councils look certain to win increased autonomy from Holyrood regardless of the outcome of the independence referendum, after Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael threw the weight...
