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HEALTH
Swinney confirms £10.3bn settlement
By Jamie Hailstone | 26 February 2016
The Scottish deputy first minister, John Swinney, has confirmed the details of the overall fundin...
LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Holyrood going 'direct to chief executives'
By Sam Clayden | 08 February 2016
Holyrood is going straight to chief executives to discuss the terms of the finance settlement, ac...
FINANCE
'Hypocritical Holyrood' becoming like Westminster
By Sam Clayden | 01 February 2016
Holyrood is at risk of becoming everything it said it did not like about Westminster, according t...
FINANCE
COSLA condemns Holyrood budget offer
By Sam Clayden | 29 January 2016
Scottish leaders have branded the package of measures put forward by Holyrood as ‘totally unaccep...
CHIEF EXECUTIVES
COSLA hires new chief
By Heather Jameson | 27 January 2016
COSLA has appointed Sally Loudon as it’s new chief executive, replacing current incumbent Rory Mair.
FINANCE
Middle class sheltered from cuts, says COSLA boss
By Jamie Hailstone | 25 January 2016
One of the most senior figures in Scottish local government has claimed the middle classes have b...
FINANCE
Mansion tax floated in Scotland
By Mark Whitehead | 18 January 2016
Raising cash through a ‘mansion tax’ is among proposals to deal with funding cuts amid rising ten...
FINANCE
Council tax freeze rebellion threat grows
By Heather Jameson | 14 January 2016
The Scottish Government is facing a council tax freeze rebellion as some of the 32 councils consi...
FINANCE
Commission to call for scrapping of council tax
By Jamie Hailstone | 14 December 2015
A cross-party group of politicians and finance experts will today call for an end to the current ...
FINANCE
Holyrood puts authorities in a 'straitjacket'
08 December 2015
Scottish council leaders have accused Holyrood of punishing local authorities and putting them in...
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