Scottish Greens

Budget deal makes millions available to councils & paves way for bold reforms

https://greens.scot/blog/budget-deal-makes-millions-available-to-councils-paves-way-for-bold-reforms

Friday, February 1, 2019 - 00:00

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Green budget deal: Immediate boost & long-terms reforms to protect local services

https://greens.scot/news/green-budget-deal-immediate-boost-long-terms-reforms-to-protect-local-services

Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 14:43

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Greens cannot support budget due to SNP stubbornness on council funding

https://greens.scot/news/greens-cannot-support-budget-due-to-snp-stubbornness-on-council-funding

Sunday, January 27, 2019 - 09:28

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Wightman warns Finance Secretary against smoke & mirrors on local gov funding

https://greens.scot/news/wightman-warns-finance-secretary-against-smoke-mirrors-on-local-gov-funding

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 16:21

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Harvie accuses Scot Gov of ‘sleight of hand to conceal council cuts’

https://greens.scot/news/harvie-accuses-scot-gov-of-sleight-of-hand-to-conceal-council-cuts

Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 12:54

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Harvie criticises SNP Ministers over Budget inaction on local tax reform

https://greens.scot/news/harvie-criticises-snp-ministers-over-budget-inaction-on-local-tax-reform

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 16:21

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Accounts Commission report on local council funding is wake-up call for Scot Gov ahead of budget, says Wightman

https://greens.scot/news/accounts-commission-report-on-local-council-funding-is-wake-up-call-for-scot-gov-ahead-of-budget-says-wightman

Thursday, November 29, 2018 - 10:08

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

#SGPconf mandates MSPs to pressure SNP Gov to commit to action on local tax reform

https://greens.scot/news/sgpconf-mandates-msps-to-pressure-snp-gov-to-commit-to-action-on-local-tax-reform

Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 16:03

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Green budget deals have stemmed local austerity; it's time to empower a fairer system of local taxation

https://greens.scot/news/green-budget-deals-have-stemmed-local-austerity-it-s-time-to-empower-a-fairer-system-of-local-taxation

Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 14:36

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Cuts to councils more than reversed as Green MSPs prepare to pass the Budget Bill

https://greens.scot/news/cuts-to-councils-more-than-reversed-as-green-msps-prepare-to-pass-the-budget-bill

Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 09:57

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Harvie says analysis shows ministers have work to do on council funding and pay

https://greens.scot/news/harvie-says-analysis-shows-ministers-have-work-to-do-on-council-funding-and-pay

Monday, December 18, 2017 - 14:44

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Our councils deliver critically important services and the decision not to provide a real terms increase to their funding must be challenged

https://greens.scot/blog/our-councils-deliver-critically-important-services-and-the-decision-not-to-provide-a-real-terms-increase-to-their-funding-must-be-challenged

Friday, December 15, 2017 - 10:07

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Harvie welcomes plans for new rates and bands of Income Tax - Green pressure helping deliver a fairer Scotland

https://greens.scot/news/harvie-welcomes-plans-for-new-rates-and-bands-of-income-tax---green-pressure-helping-deliver-a-fairer-scotland

Thursday, December 14, 2017 - 14:44

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Ahead of this week's draft budget, we warn ministers local councils' funding is unfinished business

https://greens.scot/news/ahead-of-this-week-s-draft-budget-we-warn-ministers-local-councils-funding-is-unfinished-business

Monday, December 11, 2017 - 10:00

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Councils will see an increase in funding and can shelve many of the cuts they had planned

https://greens.scot/news/councils-will-see-an-increase-in-funding-and-can-shelve-many-of-the-cuts-they-had-planned

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 - 15:12

Areas: National

Campaign: budget

Patrick Harvie: How we made the SNP budget lean to Green

https://greens.scot/blog/patrick-harvie-how-we-made-the-snp-budget-lean-to-green

Friday, February 3, 2017 - 00:00

Areas: National

Campaign: budget