Scotland

By Paul Marinko | 07 January 2020

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has written to the Chancellor warning of the...

PENSIONS

LPGS Scotland is in a 'strong financial position'

By Ann McGauran | 19 December 2019

The first formal review of the 15 funds in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Scotland h...

FINANCE

Two out of three councils eat into reserves

By Dan Peters | 16 December 2019

Two-thirds of councils have reduced their general fund reserves over the last three years, a new ...

FINANCE

COSLA kicks off funding formula review

By Paul Marinko | 03 December 2019

A review of funding for Scottish councils has been launched following concerns around the current...

BUSINESS RATES

One third of 2017 Scottish revaluation appeals unresolved

By Martin Ford | 28 November 2019

Almost three quarters of business rates revaluation appeals in Scotland have so far resulted in n...

Sprucing up Dundee's tree

20 November 2019

Dundee City Council has been forced to order a second Christmas tree after the first delivery tur...

LEGAL

Lock-change evictions are lawful - court

By Heather Jameson | 14 November 2019

Scotland’s highest court has ruled lock-change evictions of asylum seekers without a court order...

INFRASTRUCTURE

What have councils ever done for us?

By George Thorley | 06 November 2019

George Thorley sets the changing structures and responsibilities of local government in both Scot...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Questions raised over Glasgow equal pay claims

By Chris Mahony | 16 October 2019

A documentary has questioned the tactics of the unions involved in the £548m equal pay claim sett...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Route to restoring local democracy in Scotland

By Keith Yates | 15 October 2019

The first article in this series set out the context for restoring local democracy in Scotland. L...

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