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Autumn Budget 2024

Oct 30, 2024By Dave Watson

 I am sadly old enough to remember when budget purdah was a thing. Clearly, no more, with relatively few surprises in today’s budget, which hadn’t either been formally announced or at least briefed in advance. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t a massive…Read more…

Oct 30, 2024Dave Watson

Scottish Budget 2024-25

Dec 19, 2023By Dave Watson

 There were no big surprises in the draft Scottish Budget published today. I set out the background to the Budget in a briefing for the Jimmy Reid Foundation, and it was always going to be challenging given the economic environment and the appalli…Read more…

Dec 19, 2023Dave Watson

Public service reform is not a quick fix in a crisis

Nov 20, 2023By Dave Watson

 The forthcoming Autumn Statement and Scottish Government Budget has inspired another round of calls for public service reform. Primarily wishful thinking as a substitute for public spending cuts, but the principle has merit.The Chancellor appears…Read more…

Nov 20, 2023Dave Watson

Why another Council Tax freeze is wrong

Oct 18, 2023By Dave Watson

 Yesterday, the First Minister announced that the Scottish Government would freeze the Council Tax next year. While many will welcome any help with the cost of living crisis, this is the least effective way to provide that support. I thought my da…Read more…

Oct 18, 2023Dave Watson

UK Budget 2021 – Schizophrenic or maybe not

Mar 4, 2021By Dave Watson

 Depending on who you read in today’s UK budget analysis, the Chancellor has either gone full-blown John McDonnell or is returning to austerity. You would think both cannot be right, and in my…Read more…

Mar 4, 2021Dave Watson

Building Stronger Communities

Aug 17, 2020By Dave Watson

The COVID-19 Pandemic has highlighted the importance of strong communities, supporting and looking out for each other. However, strong communities do not happen by accident; they need to be nurtured…Read more…

Aug 17, 2020Dave Watson

Plunder of the Commons

Sep 26, 2019By Dave Watson

Public wealth takes precedence over private riches. This is a policy prescription from what became known as the Lauderdale paradox. The Earl of Lauderdale in 1804 argued that there was an inverse…Read more…

Sep 26, 2019Dave Watson

Rethinking how to deliver budgets

May 30, 2019By Dave Watson

Instead of just tinkering around the edges of the Scottish and UK budgets, we should radically rethink how to deliver them.
A couple of months ago I blogged about a new book by Katherine…Read more…

May 30, 2019Dave Watson

Councils are not getting a ‘good deal’

Dec 22, 2017By Dave Watson

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance Derek Mackay says he has delivered a “good deal” for Scottish councils in the local government budget settlement. Well that’s a relief! Or it would be if it was…Read more…

Dec 22, 2017Dave Watson

Budget hangover

Dec 15, 2017By Dave Watson

To use a seasonal analogy, some of us may be feeling the after effects of the office party. Well, the Scottish budget could have a similar effect on public finances later next year.
I have outlined…Read more…

Dec 15, 2017Dave Watson

Government programme and a chinese meal

Sep 6, 2017By Dave Watson

While the Scottish Government’s programme for 2017-18 has some very welcome elements, it also feels a bit like a chinese meal. Satisfying as it goes down, but leaves you wanting more later.

The most…Read more…

Sep 6, 2017Dave Watson

Time to tackle expensive PPP borrowing

Dec 14, 2016By Dave Watson

The Scottish Government’s spending plans for 2017/18 is unlikely to be a cheery read when it’s published on Thursday. However, when budgets are being cut, it is all the more important that government…Read more…

Dec 14, 2016Dave Watson

Autumn Statement – little Scottish cheer

Nov 23, 2016By Dave Watson

Today’s Autumn Statement failed to live up to the rhetoric. There was little for those who have suffered the most from austerity and nothing for our beleaguered public services.
The main significance…Read more…

Nov 23, 2016Dave Watson

A practical approach to reducing council debt

Nov 17, 2016By Dave Watson

Council borrowing has come under scrutiny with a call from the Scottish Greens urging the UK government to write off what they describe as “unethical” loans made to councils in Scotland. This is…Read more…

Nov 17, 2016Dave Watson

Public servants, don’t hold your breath on that pay rise with Nick Clegg

Apr 22, 2015By Mark Serwotka @ CiF

A last minute Liberal Democrat pledge to end pay cuts for public sector workers? It’s as transparent as it is pathetic
Do public servants need a pay rise? Yes. Do they trust Nick Clegg and the…Read more…

Apr 22, 2015Mark Serwotka @ CiF

Public servants, don’t hold your breath on that pay rise with Nick Clegg

Apr 22, 2015By Mark Serwotka @ CiF

A last minute Liberal Democrat pledge to end pay cuts for public sector workers? It’s as transparent as it is pathetic
Do public servants need a pay rise? Yes. Do they trust Nick Clegg and the…Read more…

Apr 22, 2015Mark Serwotka @ CiF

Firefighters’ strike: a smart, strategic move by the union | Gregor Gall

Sep 18, 2013By Gregor Gall @ CiF

The way the FBU has gone about calling its four-hour strike provides a lesson for other unions preparing industrial action
The announcement by the firefighters’ union of a four-hour strike next week…Read more…

Sep 18, 2013Gregor Gall @ CiF

2012: a chance to fight and win on public sector pensions | Mark Serwotka

Jan 2, 2012By Mark Serwotka @ CiF

We must continue to reject the principle that those least culpable should pay the highest price to sustain a broken financial system
With the public sector pensions dispute at a pivotal point, the…Read more…

Jan 2, 2012Mark Serwotka @ CiF

Southampton shows ‘smart’ strike is no silver bullet | Gregor Gall

Oct 10, 2011By Gregor Gall @ CiF

The tactic of Southampton’s union members of striking at different times has been heroic, but it has failed to gain leverage
Council workers in Southampton have been engaged in “smart” striking since…Read more…

Oct 10, 2011Gregor Gall @ CiF

Why public sector strike deserves your support

Jun 29, 2011By Mark Serwotka @ CiF

The real danger to ‘hardworking taxpayers’ is not our strike, but the attack on pensions
Tomorrow’s strike by three-quarters of a million public sector workers has opened up a national debate on…Read more…

Jun 29, 2011Mark Serwotka @ CiF
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