

TORY MISMANAGEMENT COST £40 BILLION IN SIX MONTHS
Holyrood’s Finance and Public Administration Committee were told today how the last three Tory Governments have cost taxpayers more than...


Financing the National Care Service Bill
The National Care Service Bill is keenly anticipated by many service users and staff. The role of the Finance and Public Administration...


UNDERSTANDING DEVOLVED TAXATION
The World Bank, stated that: “Programmes providing health, education infrastructure and other services are important in achieving the...

2023/24 Scottish Budget to be published on 15 December
The 2023/24 Scottish Budget will be published on 15 December 2022, the Deputy First Minister John Swinney has confirmed following...


Finance Committee invites Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP to give Evidence
Given that under the devolved settlement the UK Tory Chancellor has more influence on the size of Scotland’s Budget than Scottish...


Tory Government’s Replacement of EU Funding costs Scotland £151 million in its First year
New arrangements will see £32 million allocated to Scotland for 2022/2023, which is £151 million less than the £183 million needed to...


Professor of Public Sector Accounting: UK Public Finances "Unsustainable on Present Policies"
UK Tory Government public finance policies have been denounced by Professor David Heald, Professor of Public Sector Accounting at the...


Finance Committee questions Gove on £183 million EU Structural Funding Gap
Kenneth and his colleagues recently questioned the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove MP, at the Finance and Public...


Tory Government U-turn short changes Scotland by £290 million
In a letter to Holyrood’s Finance and Public Administration Committee which Kenneth Gibson MSP convenes, Finance Secretary Kate Forbes...

Scotland's Annual Resource Budget to fall by 5.2% from April
In its report, published today, Holyrood’s Finance and Public Administration Committee has warned that Scotland’s public finances are...