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COSLA conference: Ex-minister hints at council tax cap relaxation

By Dan Peters | 11 October 2019

A former SNP minister has suggested there could be a relaxation of the cap on council tax.

COSLA conference: Sturgeon promises 'biggest decentralisation of power' in two decades

By Dan Peters | 10 October 2019

The results of the Scottish Government’s local governance review will bring the ‘biggest decentra...

COSLA conference: Minister 'totally understands' cuts complaints

By Dan Peters | 10 October 2019

Cabinet secretary for communities and local government, Aileen Campbell, has said she ‘totally un...

COSLA conference: 'Brexit could undermine good work by councils'

By Dan Peters | 10 October 2019

Brexit threatens to undermine the ‘good work’ being done by Scottish councils and the Scottish Go...

COSLA conference: Ex-PM Brown says Scottish Government must do more on child poverty

By Dan Peters | 10 October 2019

Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has launched a scathing attack on the Scottish Government’s...

COSLA conference: 'Devolved powers have stopped at Holyrood'

By Dan Peters | 10 October 2019

It is a ‘sad paradox’ of devolution that powers handed to Scotland 20 years ago have stopped at H...

DfE's children's review stalled

By Dan Peters | 10 October 2019

A Department for Education (DfE) review to consider the role of councils in relation to children ...

New leadership role to boost place-based working

By Dan Peters | 02 October 2019

Local government’s sole representative on the new National Leadership Centre’s (NLC) board wants ...

Devolution legislation planned for Queen's Speech

By Dan Peters | 02 October 2019

The Government is planning to launch the next round of devolution legislation in the Queen’s Spee...

Call for new audit oversight body

By Dan Peters | 02 October 2019

A new type of oversight body for local audit that would take a strategic approach to addressing t...