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Committee urges Swinney to publish budget on December 15

Holyrood’s Finance and Public Administration Committee has urged the Deputy First Minister to publish the draft budget on December 15. John Swinney, who is in charge of Scotland’s finances while Finance Secretary Kate Forbes is on maternity leave, ...

05 Oct 2022 at 16:50

Scotland

Scotland’s councils to get extra £120m in funding, Forbes announces

Scotland’s 32 local authorities will be given an extra £120 million next year, Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has said. The increase, which can be provided as a result of an increase to the current year’s Budget stemming from UK Government ...

27 Jan 2022 at 17:25

Scotland

Cost of living support to be outlined in Scottish budget debate

Support for Scots impacted by the cost of living crisis will be outlined by Finance Secretary Kate Forbes as MSPs look set to pass the Scottish budget. The Budget (Scotland) Bill – the first since the powersharing agreement between the ...

10 Feb 2022 at 01:26

Scotland

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes urges MSPs to back ‘bold and ambitious’ Budget

Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes is urging MSPs to back her “bold and ambitious” spending plans for next year in a key vote at Holyrood. Ms Forbes made the appeal amid concern from opposition parties about the amount of cash the ...

27 Jan 2022 at 02:25

Scotland

Budget overstated public spending increases, says think tank

A leading think tank has accused the Scottish Government of overstating spending increases in its budget. Deputy First Minister John Swinney laid out the draft budget on Thursday, pledging a £1 billion increase in health and social ...

17 Dec 2022 at 17:36

Scotland

Council leaders warn services at ‘breaking point’ and some may face axe

Council services are at “breaking point” and leaders have warned that some may have to be scrapped following the Scottish Government’s budget. Deputy First Minister John Swinney announced on Thursday that local government will see ...

16 Dec 2022 at 20:51

Holyrood Presiding Officer delays budget to investigate ‘leak’

The Scottish Parliament’s Presiding Officer has delayed the announcement of the Government’s tax and spending plans to investigate a potential leak to the BBC. The broadcaster published a story during First Minister’s Questions ...

15 Dec 2022 at 15:01

Scotland

£20m indyref2 budget reallocated to fuel poverty fund after Supreme Court ruling

Funding earmarked by the Scottish Government for an independence referendum next year has been reallocated to help people at risk of fuel poverty. The Scottish Government had set aside £20 million in its resource spending ...

15 Dec 2022 at 17:15

Key points from Scottish Government budget

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has delivered the Scottish Government’s annual budget statement at Holyrood, with changes to tax and public spending. Details were leaked to the BBC ahead of the scheduled statement, ...

15 Dec 2022 at 17:13

Swinney gives ‘categorical assurance’ budget leak not sanctioned by him

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has apologised after details of his budget were leaked to the BBC, and he has given his “categorical assurance” that he did not sanction such a move. Holyrood’s Presiding Officer ...

15 Dec 2022 at 16:56

Tax to increase in Scotland and indyref2 fund scrapped under budget plans

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has announced an increase to income tax for the highest earners and scrapped funding for another independence referendum in next year’s budget. John Swinney published the draft ...

15 Dec 2022 at 18:57

Scotland in recession and household incomes set to decline – fiscal commission

The Scottish economy entered recession this year and real household income is expected to see its sharpest decline since records began in 1998, experts have said. The forecast from the Scottish Fiscal ...

15 Dec 2022 at 18:34

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