Union announces strike ballot over pay
PAY

Union announces strike ballot over pay

By Martin Ford | 16 April 2025

Scottish council workers are to be balloted over strike action in response to what a union has described as a ‘pitiful’ pay offer.

FINANCE

Scottish councils reject shared service proposal

By Martin Ford | 10 April 2025

Three councils in Scotland have rejected a shared service proposal after concluding it would not ...

SCOTLAND

Council urged to take 'more strategic approach' to transformation

By Emily Twinch | 07 April 2025

A watchdog has urged Argyll and Bute Council to take a more ‘strategic approach’ to transforming ...

POLITICS

Burnham: Overhaul British state to boost economic growth

By Dan Peters | 02 April 2025

Greater Manchester’s mayor has called for ‘wholesale change in the architecture and culture of th...

DEVOLUTION

Edinburgh softens devo call under new leadership

By Joe Lepper | 12 March 2025

Edinburgh City Council has watered down its calls for more devolved powers under its new leadersh...

SCOTLAND

Health and social care facing £457m funding gap in Scotland

By Lee Peart | 06 March 2025

Health and social care finances in Scotland are facing a £457m funding gap in 2024-25, a report h...

DEVOLUTION

Call for devolution beyond England

By Martin Ford | 27 February 2025

The Government has faced a call to extend its English devolution agenda to Scotland.

FINANCE

IFS: Revaluing homes even more important

By Emily Twinch | 25 February 2025

Revaluing homes in Scotland is now ‘even more important’, a finance expert has suggested as local...

FINANCE

Half of Scotland in 'wrong' council tax band

By Martin Ford | 12 February 2025

More than half of Scottish properties are effectively in the ‘wrong’ council tax band, research b...

SCOTLAND

'Challenging future' for Scottish councils

By Emily Twinch | 28 January 2025

Local authorities in Scotland dug into savings to close a budget gap of £759m last financial year...

SCOTLAND

Scotland scraps core element of National Care Service

By Lee Peart | 24 January 2025

The Scottish Government has scrapped plans to deliver structural social care reform through a nat...

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