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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 Scottish ...

27 Jan 2022 at 02:25

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

John Swinney talks of ‘difficult decisions’ ahead of Scottish budget

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has said the Government faces “difficult decisions” as he prepares to announce next year’s tax and spending plans. The draft budget will be unveiled on Thursday, with Mr Swinney standing in for Finance ...

11 Dec 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

John Swinney: Fundamental shift needed in way local services are delivered

A “fundamental shift” in how local services are delivered is needed, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has said. As further details of local government funding were published, he said there should be increased use of early ...

21 Dec 2022 at 17:52

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 ...

16 Dec 2022 at 20:51

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 Commission was ...

15 Dec 2022 at 18:34

Scotland

Tax and benefits system more progressive in Scotland than rest of UK – IFS

Scotland’s tax and benefits system is now considerably more progressive than elsewhere in Britain, a report has said. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think tank said that by April, the poorest 10th of ...

09 Feb 2023 at 10:06

Scotland

Ministers urged to drop ‘vanity’ indyref2 spending in budget statement

Ministers should drop “vanity” independence spending and instead prioritise the cost-of-living crisis in the upcoming budget statement, the Scottish Conservatives have said. Deputy First Minister John ...

14 Dec 2022 at 01:01

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 ...

15 Dec 2022 at 17:13

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 ...

15 Dec 2022 at 17:15

Cost-of-living crisis highlights fiscal constraints of devolution – Swinney

The cost-of-living crisis shows up the “fiscal constraints of devolution”, Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has said as he prepares to set out the Scottish budget. The draft budget will ...

15 Dec 2022 at 01:01

Sturgeon resignation: Possible candidates to be new First Minister

Nicola Sturgeon will stand down as First Minister of Scotland after eight years, it has been confirmed. The First Minister will speak at a press conference from her residence at Bute ...

15 Feb 2023 at 11:00

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