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More than 90,000 council and school workers in Scotland will be balloted for strike action in a pay dispute, a union has said. Unison has rejected the latest pay offer from local government ...
The Scottish Government budget is an annual Act of the Scottish Parliament, giving statutory authority to the Scottish Government for its revenue and expenditure plans. For the financial year 2024/25 the budget was approximately £59.7 billion. [1] The Scottish Government Budget Bill is presented to Parliament by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance.
The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024 No. 37) [38] The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024 No. 38) [ 39 ]
The First Minister said there was a case for the UK Government to make a ‘large scale intervention’ into the cost-of-living crisis. Sturgeon: Scottish Government action on pay is hindered by ...
The scheme aimed to increase recycling of used containers to 90% by the second year, and reduce carbon emissions by 4 million tonnes over 25 years. The Scottish Government estimated that 42,000 fewer plastic bottles would be littered every day in Scotland. The direct costs saved by spending less on cleaning up litter would be £46 million.
After winning power, the new Labour government accepted a series of above-inflation pay rises for public sector workers for 2024-25, bringing an end to long-running strikes.
The commission's purpose is to scrutinise Scottish Government policy decisions and to ensure that the Scottish Government and Social Security Scotland are fulfilling the legal requirements under the Bill. [4] This Bill was passed on 25 April 2018 and received Royal Assent on 1 June 2018 as the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018. It is the ...
A look back at a turbulent year for politics in Scotland.