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SCOTLAND
Scottish councils call for National Insurance rise funding
By Dan Peters | 08 November 2024
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities has called on Holyrood to pass on Whitehall cash due from changes to employers’ National Insurance Contributions.
SCOTLAND
Leaders withdraw support for National Care Service Bill
By Lee Peart | 30 September 2024
Council leaders have withdrawn their support for the Scottish Government’s National Care Service ...
PAY
Strike action threat after pay offer imposition
By William Eichler | 27 September 2024
Trade union Unison has threatened strike action after local authority leaders in Scotland decided...
PAY
Pay dispute to stretch into autumn
By Dan Peters | 25 July 2024
Council employers have urged union Unison to ‘think again’ after it decided to conduct a ballot f...
PAY
Unison: More than nine out of 10 council workers reject pay offer
By William Eichler | 17 June 2024
Thousands of council workers in Scotland have voted overwhelmingly to reject a pay offer from loc...
FINANCE
'Real action' call amid £585m budget shortfall
By Mark Conrad | 14 May 2024
Scotland’s councils today demanded a ‘real and meaningful solution’ to the sector’s underfunding ...
SOCIAL CARE
National care service overhaul fails to charm councils
By Martin Ford | 28 February 2024
Councils in Scotland remain unconvinced by proposals to create a national care service.
FINANCE
Scottish Budget 'not good' for communities
By Dan Peters | 28 February 2024
Next year’s Scottish Budget is ‘not good’ for communities, council leaders have said.
COUNCIL TAX
Council rejects tax freeze offer
By Martin Ford | 23 February 2024
Argyll and Bute Council has become the first to reject the Scottish Government’s council tax freeze.
FINANCE
Scottish council leaders call for £45m boost
By Dan Peters | 12 February 2024
Scottish council leaders have called for the £45m Barnett consequentials from a £600m boost to th...
FINANCE
Council leaders demand right to set tax levels
By Andrew Vaux | 26 January 2024
Local authority leaders in Scotland have renewed their fight to set their own council taxes – des...
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