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Rob Richardson Articles from IPPO

  1. Local Government Fiscal Constraint in Scotland: Risk and Resilience

    Local Government Fiscal Constraint in Scotland: Risk and Resilience

    Rob Richardson In September 2024, the Centre for Public Policy brought together government, the voluntary sector, and academic expertise from across Scotland for a roundtable discussion. Our aim was to understand how local government in Scotland is responding to the current challenging fiscal context, and to share perspective and practice on the potential ways forward through difficult times. Participants were asked to consider two broad themes of ‘risk’ and ‘resilience’, to identify the key risks faced by local government and consider ways in which those risks could be mitigated.   Several key ideas...

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