Robison has been frank about the “very difficult decisions” she is having to juggle in order to balance the Scottish budget and has argued that the UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent autumn statement has made those challenges more acute, describing it as the “worst possible scenario” for ...
This worthy statement, and many others like it, suffuse the 1,512-word Foreword to the Scottish Budget 2024-2025. Though there was much anguish over how to stretch limited funds over many conflicting priorities, the fact of the matter is that Ms Robson had a total of £59.7 billion in ...
The improvement in public accounts is one of the most noteworthy underlying dynamics in Greece. After posting a primary deficit of 10% of GDP at the height of the Eurozone crisis, Greece recorded a primary budget surplus of 0.1% in 2022. This surplus widened in 2023—from €3.7 billion to ...
Speaking ahead of the forthcoming UK Budget, the minister also said the Treasury should reverse the forecast 10% real terms cut to the Scottish Government’s capital budget over the medium term. Mr McLennan said: “The damage done by the UK Government’s three-year Local Housing All...
It is unclear if the Australian offer of 2.3 million pounds (USD $3 million) influenced the decision by the Scottish government, but CGF president Chris Jenkins said in a statement that is shows a “strong sign of the support and excitement for the con...
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Donald, Colin
18, 2014, Scots went to the polls in unprecedented numbers, with turnout approaching 85 percent, and a convincing 55 percent voted to reject independence. In hisconcessionspeech, Salmond declared that Scotland had “decided not, at this stage, to become an independent country,” a statement ...