TheLow Income Winter Heating Assistance programmereplaces the UK government’sCold Weather Payment scheme, which the Scottish government says is “unreliable.” Under the Cold Weather Payment scheme, eligible households are paid £25 for every seven-day period between 1 November and 31 Ma...
Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party and of Scotland's devolved government, said she supports staying in the EU, and polls show a majority of the 5 million Scots would also back that view. Scotland Would Seek Independence Vote After Brexit And Scottish First Minister Nicol...
GP contracts may be devolved to Scottish GovernmentCAROLINE WILSON
Modern Scottish politics was established in 1999 , then called the Scottish Executive rather than the Scottish Government. The current Scottish Government has control over a certain number of devolved matters whilst Westminster in England retains control of decisions affecting the whole of the United Ki...
1. With the passing of the Scotland Act 2012 ("the 2012 Act"), a number of new powers have been devolved to the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliament. Some of the most significant relate to the finance provisions of the 2012 Act and include provisions to set a new Scottish ra...
1997 - Newly elected Labour UK Government under the leadership of Scots-born Prime Minister Tony Blair legislates for a referendum on a devolved Scottish Parliament which is passed by a large majority.1999 - A Scottish Parliament sits for the first time in 272 years. Donald Dewar of the ...
In Scotland, just 12% of all public sector revenue across reserved and devolved taxes are raised through taxes fully or partially levied on land and property. The Scottish Land Commission said this raises questions about how the benefits of increasing land values are distributed so th...
When the current Scottish Government says it brought in free tuition, it is referring to its abolition of the endowment in 2007. It is also often, in practice, describing its decision not to use devolved powers to copy either of the fee regimes which have applied in England since 2007. (...
order to protect the deposits and savings of households and small business. In addition, the bank received £275 billion of guarantees through the UK government’s Asset Protection Scheme. This combined support from the UK government to RBS is equivalent to some 211% of Scottish GDP in 2008....
Scottish Government. Towards a Robust, Resilient Wellbeing Economy for Scotland, Report of the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery; Scottish Government: Edinburgh, UK, 2020. [Google Scholar] Bowler, D.E.; Buyung-Ali, L.M.; Healey, J.R.; Jones, J.P.; Knight, T.M.; Pullin, A.S. ...