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SOLACE
Making reform in Scotland the real thing
By Des Murray | 28 August 2025
As delegates gather for the Solace Scotland Conference 2025, Des Murray says progressing collectively calls for a whole place and whole system approach.
EDUCATION
Scottish care kids failing to attend school
By Neil Merrick | 27 August 2025
An increasing proportion of children in local authority care in Scotland are failing to attend sc...
FINANCE
Scottish Borders props up leisure services provider
By Martin Ford | 22 August 2025
Scottish Borders Council has agreed to provide a £1m loan to its leisure services provider as it ...
FINANCE
Audit costs rise by 238%, research reveals
By Izzy Lepone | 19 August 2025
Audit reform ambitions have ‘failed’, creating ‘market chaos’, researchers from the University of...
SCOTLAND
Watchdog urges councils to improve staff support
By Joe Lepper | 07 August 2025
Councils in Scotland have been urged by local government watchdog the Accounts Commission to impr...
POLICY
Peers pass fire and hire exemption
By Heather Jameson | 22 July 2025
Councils with financial problems that are placed under government intervention may be exempt from...
PAY
Employers double down on pay offer
By David Blackman | 16 July 2025
Council employers have unanimously reaffirmed their April offer of a 3.2% pay increase as ‘full a...
FINANCE
CCN: Tourist tax would raise more than £200m
By Neil Merrick | 16 July 2025
County councils in England could potentially raise more than £200m each year by levying a £2 per ...
PAY
COSLA makes two-year pay offer
By Joe Lepper | 16 June 2025
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has offered a 4% pay rise for 2025-26 and an...
DEVOLUTION
Think-tank calls for Glasgow mayor
By Dan Peters | 16 June 2025
Glasgow is at risk of falling behind England’s major cities unless it receives a devolution deal ...
LEISURE
Commission calls for statutory play duty
By Dan Peters | 12 June 2025
The Government should introduce a statutory duty for English local authorities that would require...
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