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Police Pensions
Following our consideration of the Autumn Budget Revision on 7 November 2023, the Committee requested that the Minster provide detail regarding the extent to which the increased volatility of demand around police pensions may be a continuation of increased retirement numbers experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic, and whether this was seen...
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
We are concerned however that having to first explain their medical symptoms to a receptionist may deter some people from approaching their GP for help.
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provides in the first financial year following a general election of the Scottish Parliament, (alongside the financial estimate) a plan setting out its aims and objectives in relation to its devolved functions for the next five years, along with an estimate of total resource requirementsiiThe Bill also provides that a revised plan may...
Retrieved from <a href="https://yourviews.parliament.scot/ehrcj/regulation-of-legal-services-bill/" target="_blank">https://yourviews.parliament.scot/ehrcj/regulation-of-legal-services-bill/</a> on the Bill between 31 May and 9 August 2023. It received 75 submissions.
Some councils, such as Orkney which raised council tax by 10% the previous year would only be compensated for 5% next year, while some others, which may have increased council tax by a lower amount, would gain from the approach.
The SFC explains that “increased income tax rates may lead to some taxpayers changing their behaviour, for example, increasing contributions into a pension scheme, reducing their working hours, leaving Scotland or more aggressively pursuing tax avoidance or evasion”.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2023
Any revenues raised would be retained by the BID board, meaning there would be only “a limited role for elected councillors to exercise influence over priorities for investment in their local areas (although local authorities may exercise a veto in some circumstances).”