10 ways councils are making budgets go further
Discover 10 ways councils are stretching budgets further, from digital transformation and energy efficiency to community partnerships and data-driven decision-making.
Rethinking council tax in Scotland
22/09/2023 Alison Payne, research director of Reform Scotland, argues that it is past time for a major rethink of council tax in Scotland. |
Calls to scrap council tax hike as consultation closes
20/09/2023 Councils should have complete control over their local tax, thinktank Reform Scotland has said in response to plans to increase council tax across Scotland. |
Quarter of jobs go unfilled at Scottish councils
05/09/2023 Almost a quarter of job vacancies at Scotland’s councils were not filled last year, according to new figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives. |
Holyrood announces £30m regeneration fund
10/09/2020 The Scottish government has announced that Scotland’s local authorities will receive £30m of new investment for regeneration and town centres. |
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Nearly £400m to be invested along the English and Scottish border
02/07/2019 Just under £395m is to be invested into five local authority areas on both sides of the border between England and Scotland, Whitehall and Holyrood say. |
