Reading Time: 9 minutesA look at local government in Scotland since devolution.
Tag: Local Government
Marches and parades – frequently asked questions
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog looks at the current regulations surrounding public processions.
Budget 2019-20 – final allocations to local authorities
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s an exciting time of year – the final funding allocations for local government in 2019-20 have been published! We wrote in a recent blog
Scottish Budget 2019-20: what’s changed?
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt seems a long time since the Scottish Government set out its tax and spend proposals for 2019-20 back on 12 December 2018. Tax rates
Just give us 12 months… comparing local government funding settlements over time
Reading Time: 3 minutesAt this time of year, once provisional figures for the coming year’s Budget have been made available, SPICe is often asked to set out how
Short term lets: time for regulation?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The growth in short term lets, facilitated by peer to peer online platforms, such as Airbnb, has sparked debate about whether short term lets should
What is a Tourist Tax, and why is everyone talking about it?
Reading Time: 4 minutesAfter years of being touted by local authorities, political parties and expert groups, the idea of introducing a Transient Visitor Levy (TVL) within Scotland, has
Local Government funding – the story behind the figures
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn 21 May SPICe published a briefing looking at local government finance trends from 2013-14 onwards. Local Government Finance: facts and figures 2013-14 to 2018-19
Guest Blog – The National Performance Framework
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Jennifer Wallace, Head of Policy at the Carnegie UK Trust, and not those
Minimum pricing for alcohol – a frequently asked question
Reading Time: 2 minutesTomorrow the Health and Sport Committee is due to consider the secondary legislation which will bring minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol into effect. This