Reaction to Scottish Government budget The Scottish Government Finance Secretary Shona Robison this week unveiled her Budget for 2025-26. The main points included: The Scottish NHS will receive a record… NewsDecember 5, 2024 Shell, Equinor to form UK North Sea giant ...
Ahead of the Scottish budget on 4 December, Scotland’s leading solar industry trade body is calling for the government to reinstate loans for home solar power. In a letter to Scottish First Minister John Swinney, Solar Energy Scotland (SES) chair Josh King urged the Scottish government to br...
Thousands of children from disadvantaged backgrounds will benefit from free breakfasts, thanks to £3 million from the Scottish Government. Announced in the draft Budget for 2025-26, Bright Start Breakfasts will help more primary school children get a healthy ... ...
The Scottish Budget has frozen the Basic Property Rate, which is charged to properties with a rateable value up to and including £51,000, at 49.8p. Robison also announced that the Government will be maintaining the Small Business Bonus Scheme. “We have been compelled to take painful a...
“The EIS has noted the UK government’s decision to prioritise education, and calls upon the Scottish government to take a similar stance.” The union added thatBarnett-consequential fundingto Scotland from the Budget represented “an additional £3.4 billion, providing a real-terms increase in...
Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland under SNP's budget plans - S... 4 Dec 2024 at 8:00am Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland under SNP's budget plans Sky News SNP-led Scottish Government set to argue for the rights of 'pregnant' men and... ...
Irene Beautyman, convenor of RTPI Scotland, said: “We were very pleased to see that the draft budget focuses on the Scottish Government’s ambitions to achieve net zero carbon by 2045. “The planning system has a vital role to play in helping to achieve this. We need to ensure plannin...
News BEER & PUB SECTOR DISAPPOINTMENT AT LACK OF RATES RELIEF IN BUDGET 15 December 2022 Commenting on the Scottish Government’s budget announcement today (Thursday), the Scottish Beer & Pub Association (SBPA) has warned the decision not to replicate the business rates relief will be met with...
Prior to the 1980s France was one of the most centralized states in the world. The national government in Paris had to give prior approval for all major decisions made by therégions,départements, andcommunes, ranging from their annual budget to the names of new schools or streets. As the...
LatestNews Local Government Labour holds on to Edinburgh council as SNP-Green challenge falls Minority administration survives by four votes Anas Sarwar: Government wrong not to compensate Waspi women The Scottish Labour leader said 'a fairer compromise' could have been found ...