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FINANCE
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...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Councils and union clash over zero-hour contracts
By Dan Peters | 18 June 2019
Councils have insisted on keeping the option of zero-hour contracts as Unison prepares to push th...
HEALTH
Funding pledged for Scottish councils to tackle period poverty
By Martin Ford | 17 June 2019
Councils in Scotland will receive £2m in funding to continue provision of free sanitary products ...
CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Council vows to challenge Government's data sharing rules
By Hiba Mahamadi | 02 April 2019
A Scottish council has vowed to challenge the Government’s restrictive rules on information shari...
EDUCATION
Strike threat lifted after COSLA agrees to raise teachers' pay
By Martin Ford | 29 March 2019
The possibility of strike action by teachers has been averted after Scotland’s council leaders ba...
FINANCE
Watchdog calls for 'transformational changes'
By Dan Peters | 21 March 2019
‘More fundamental, transformational changes are needed in service provision’ by Scottish councils...
FINANCE
'Cuts begin to bite' for Scottish authorities
By Martin Ford | 05 February 2019
Funding cuts are finally beginning to take their toll as Scottish councils can no longer protect ...
PAY
Unions divided over Scottish councils' pay offer
By Martin Ford | 04 February 2019
Scottish local authorities’ latest pay offer has received a mixed reaction from union members.
FINANCE
Tax reforms and £90m secured in Scottish budget deal
By Martin Ford | 31 January 2019
A £90m windfall for local authorities and moves to reform council tax have been pledged by the Sc...
SCOTLAND
Scottish Council leaders call for people's vote
By Martin Ford | 03 December 2018
Council leaders in Scotland have backed the call for a second Brexit referendum.
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