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Comments & Questions Maurice Golden MSP spoke about his informative visit to ACS Clothing Ltd and encouraged those present to visit and find out more about the company.
Financial sustainability EIS-FELA notes another 0.33% cut for the 2025-26 FE budget in real terms outlined in the Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) Budget 2025-26 – SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe.
For the past decade the 2,380 shops liable for the Higher Property Rate in Scotland have paid a business rate about 1-2p in the £ above that of counterparts down south, however that gap is set to become a chasm from April 9 2026. The gap in 2025-26 was 1.3p in the £ which equated to £9.1 million extra that Scottish retailers had to stump up compared to English counterparts, however the gap in 2026-27 is set to shoot up to 11.6p in the £ (£81 million more based on 2025-26 figures).
Past presence - Regulation 9 (1) (e) Independent Age welcome the reduction in the past presence test, to 26 weeks out of the 52 weeks immediately preceding that day, compared with 104 weeks out of 156 weeks that is required for Attendance Allowance.
Past presence - Regulation 9 (1) (e) Independent Age welcome the reduction in the past presence test, to 26 weeks out of the 52 weeks immediately preceding that day, compared with 104 weeks out of 156 weeks that is required for Attendance Allowance.
Past presence - Regulation 9 (1) (e) Independent Age welcome the reduction in the past presence test, to 26 weeks out of the 52 weeks immediately preceding that day, compared with 104 weeks out of 156 weeks that is required for Attendance Allowance.
Within that overall trend, however, there have been a few updates. First, the latest projections of the income tax net position for 2024-25 and 2025-26 are now more positive than the projections we set out in our last forecast, in June last year.
Does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament on the general reporting ground, in respect of cross-referencing errors in rules 20(4), 26(2)(i) and (j), 26(5), 27(1)(b), and 27(2)(a)(iii); and an error in regulation 26(2)(i)?