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After a decade of inaction, is now not the time to commit to a fully costed, time-bound upgrade plan for the A75 to ensure the safety and economic viability of the local communities, and the wider UK, that it serves?
The Governments at both the Scottish and UK levels in the past 15 to 20 years have tried to change local government taxation, and it has been quite tricky at times.
More certainty around fiscal events and more time between a UK fiscal event and a Scottish fiscal event, so that the Parliament has time for scrutiny, would seem to be obvious asks.
We also get 8 per cent of structural funds, which is equivalent to our population share. Overall, SPICe calculates that Scotland gets 14 per cent of the UK’s EU funding, which is obviously considerably more than our proportion of the UK population level.
The role of the committee itself will vary - sometimes MSPs lead discussions, other times they act as participants, and in some cases they do not take part in the process directly.
Enforcing obligations under the TMS would also involve actions in the sheriff court. For details, see the SPICe briefing on Flats: Management, Maintenance and Repair.
Comprehensive background information about Part 4 of the Bill, the changes made to tenancy legislation during the pandemic and the Scottish Government's consultation of the relevant sections can be found in the SPICe Briefing on the Bill under 'Tenancies'.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 February 2021
Real terms change
A common way of assessing and analysing the total local government budget is to look at the real terms change over time. Using the methodology outlined in the 2018 iteration of this briefing1Burn-Murdoch, A. (2018, May 21).