Fiscal-devolution - Page 15

By Heather Jameson | 18 November 2019

Local government should have 10-year financial settlements to be able to forward plan properly, t...

SOCIAL CARE

How are we going to make spending vows a reality?

By Heather Jameson | 13 November 2019

As the main political parties toss around their policy promises and spending pledges, they face a...

BUSINESS

IFS research claims councils need billions more in funding

By Heather Jameson | 10 November 2019

Councils will need billions of extra pounds worth of funding in the next parliament if they are t...

BUSINESS

That complex conversation with business

By John O’Brien | 06 November 2019

The support of the business voice in helping secure some of 'our more ambitious asks around fisca...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Time to change the direction of travel

By Cllr Judith Blake | 29 October 2019

Core Cities UK's Vision for Global Success and Local Prosperity report sets out some clear, pract...

FINANCE

What does our sector want?

By Heather Jameson | 15 October 2019

It seems the appetite for localism and fiscal devolution is outweighed by fears the burden of car...

LEISURE

Let's back the tourist tax

By Nickie Aiken | 15 October 2019

Cllr Nickie Aiken argues that a modest levy on overnight visitor stays raised locally would go st...

FINANCE

It's a fiscal drag

By Jonathan Werran | 15 October 2019

If we are ever going to unlock the benefits and freedoms that fiscal devolution could engender in...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

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.

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

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...

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