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FINANCE
IFS: National Care Service could exacerbate service quality differences
By Paul Marinko | 11 August 2022
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned Scotland’s planned National Care Service ‘could...
WHITEHALL
Fury at short notice of asylum targets
By EXCLUSIVE By Mark Conrad and Dan Peters | 10 August 2022
Home Office chiefs were this week accused of dumping responsibility for strict new asylum targets...
PAY
Scottish strikes loom as councils prepare improved offer
By Martin Ford | 09 August 2022
Local government strikes loom in Scotland as councils attempt to put together an improved pay offer.
FINANCE
Scottish council asks for help to fill £14m budget gap
By Martin Ford | 03 August 2022
West Dunbartonshire's leader Martin Rooney has written to the Scottish Government appealing for f...
POVERTY
Scots councils moot winter warm spaces
By Paul Marinko | 01 August 2022
A string of Scottish councils is believed to be considering the introduction of warm spaces this ...
PAY
Council workers in Scotland vote for strike action
By Laura Sharman | 27 July 2022
Thousands of Scottish council workers have voted to strike in a dispute over the offered pay rise.
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
Fresh warnings over National Care Service
By Martin Ford | 05 July 2022
Council leaders in Scotland have again warned of the impact of the planned National Care Service ...
HEALTH
Integration Joint Boards face 'uncertain future'
By Martin Ford | 01 July 2022
The boards all face ‘significant' financial sustainability issues, according to a report by the A...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: Home Office asylum dispersal plans delayed
By Dan Peters | 28 June 2022
The Home Office’s plans to order all regions of England, Scotland and Wales to take a share of as...
SOCIAL CARE
National Care Service denounced as 'power grab'
By Martin Ford | 23 June 2022
The National Care Service Bill unveiled by the Scottish Government has been denounced as a ‘power...
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