Rob Richardson Articles from IPPO

Local Government Fiscal Constraint in Scotland: Risk and Resilience
October 11, 2024
- Rob Richardson
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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The Investment Needed to Meet Scotland’s Climate Targets Could Threaten its Fiscal Sustainability – Without Greater Coordination with the UK Government
April 18, 2024
- Rob Richardson
As IPPO’s work on fiscal constraint is exploring, pressures on public spending are already extreme, at UK, devolved and local government levels.

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Local Authorities and Fiscal Sustainability: The Value of Evidence
April 11, 2024
- Graeme Roy
- Rob Richardson
Local authorities across the UK face significant funding pressures brought upon by a combination of tight settlements from central government, a lack of elasticity in their tax base, and growing demand for services.

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Strong Relationships Between Sectors Are Crucial to Delivering a Just Industrial Transition to Net Zero
March 25, 2024
- Elliott Johnson
- Rob Richardson
The responsibilities for and impacts of delivering net zero, a just transition for workers and a secure supply of industrial resources transcend sectors, jurisdictions, and scales of policy.

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