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Briefing 168 – Population challenges for public services and the economy

This briefing looks at the implications of current and projected demographic change. It summarises recent publications from the Improvement Service.

On October 14th 2025 the Scottish Government held what they billed as a “Public Sector Reform Operational Summit” . The

More than 75,000 assaults on Scotland’s public service workers in past year, says UNISON More than 200 assaults took place

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The Scottish Government has published it’s Fiscal Sustainability Delivery Plan. The aim of the document is to provide some detail

Briefings

The Scottish Government have published their Medium-Term Financial Strategy. It outlines how they intend to approach public spending over the

Briefings

The Scottish Government have published their Public Service Reform Strategy. It outlines their intention to reduce the size of the

The Improvement Service have published their twelfth annual “Local Government Benchmarking Framework Report” The report is compiled for CoSLA &

This briefing is on the Local Government Funding Settlement for 2024-25. It includes details of every council’s financial allocation. Local

This is UNISON Scotland’s response to the Scottish Government consultation on its proposed Heat in Buildings Bill. We are members

Responses

This is UNISON’s response to the Scottish Government and COSLA ‘Democracy Matters: Local governance Phase 2 consultation’. The consultation is