PAY

Unison rejects Scotland's 10% pay offer

By Mark Conrad | 16 October 2023

Unison members in Scotland today rejected local government employers’ latest pay deal, which woul...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Employers downplay equal pay risk

By Mark Conrad | 09 October 2023

Smith Square is monitoring equal pay claims across the sector but remains confident the national ...

FINANCE

Unite suspends strike

By Mark Conrad | 22 September 2023

The trade union Unite has suspended a planned three-day strike across education and local governm...

FINANCE

Council tax reforms divide sector

By Martin Ford | 04 September 2023

Scottish local authorities have been left deeply divided by proposals to hike council tax on high...

INNOVATION

Perth & Kinross in global first

By Dan Peters | 31 August 2023

Perth & Kinross Council has become the first place in the world to use spiral-flow battery techno...

LEGISLATION

Boycott Bill faces Scottish opposition

By Martin Ford | 16 August 2023

The UK Government’s planned ban on council boycotts is facing opposition from Holyrood.

FINANCE

Scottish Government tight-lipped over council tax rate rise speculation

By Paul Marinko | 31 July 2023

The Scottish Government has refused to comment on speculation it has gone cold on plans to increa...

SCOTLAND

COSLA and Holyrood strike 'landmark' deal

By Martin Ford | 03 July 2023

A pledge for greater fiscal control for councils has been made in a ‘landmark agreement’ between ...

SCOTLAND

Council to meet to discuss independence from UK

By Mark Conrad | 03 July 2023

Orkney Islands Council will meet this week to discuss potential independence from the UK as it se...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Labour in planning pledge

By Mark Conrad | 19 June 2023

Labour has pledged to tackle planning hurdles preventing the development of renewable projects to...

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