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The financial pressures that our local authorities face are well known and are a result of almost 20 years of the choices of this Scottish National Party Government. In its latest budget, the SNP administration in Perth and Kinross Council has indicated that it intends to use the proceeds from the visitor levy to support the long-term sustainability of rura...
There seems to be a bit of confusion about it. The latest housing statistics from the last quarter in 2023 showed that the number of new homes that were started had decreased by 24 per cent.
The Committee shares this view and in our latest report on the Scottish Budget 2025-26 we stated—
“One area where the Committee has repeatedly expressed concerns is the extended delays in publishing key strategic financial documents.
The Criminal Justice Bill (“the Bill”) was introduced in the House of Commons on 14 November 2023. 3. The latest version of the Bill, Explanatory Notes and other supporting documents can be found at: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3511.
Finally, in relation to the costs resulting from the malicious prosecutions in the cases involving Rangers FC, the Cabinet Secretary said he could not say what the ultimate cost will be, because it depended on factors that were outwith his control.
Update from Neil Gray, Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy to PAC on Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow and New vessels scrutiny, 26 January 2024.
Retrieved from <a href="https://news.gov.scot/news/uk-housing-benefit-changes-shameful" target="_blank">https://news.gov.scot/news/uk-housing-benefit-changes-shameful</a> [accessed 3 April 2017]
This will be an interim solution.