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featuredNational Benchmarking Overview Report 2024-25The 14th annual National Benchmarking Overview Report has been published, looking at data from 2024/25.
It finds that funding levels for councils have not kept pace with growing demand, inflation and expanding national commitments. Scotland’s councils face ongoing financial, workforce, and demand pressures that have become embedded in the system and are approaching the limits of what they can achieve with current resources.
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featuredEconomic and workforce implications for Scotland’s changing populationWith Scotland’s working age population shrinking and ageing, skills and labour shortages are becoming an increasing concern.
Our new report, Navigating Population Change - Economic and workforce implications for Scotland, outlines the relationship between population change and jobs and the economy and how local authorities can address this.
Read Navigating Population Change - Economic and workforce implications for Scotland
19 Sep 2025
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NewsNew report says that planning departments are ‘firefighting’ to get hold of resourcesNewsPlanning authorities across Scotland are facing growing workforce and capacity pressures, with many reporting vacancies, recruitment challenges and increased reliance on consultants, digital tools… Read more
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Protecting People September 2026 updateNews -
Child Poverty September 2026 updatesNews -
Public Service Improvement Framework Programme Update: PSIF Review 2026News
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EventsMeasuring the Value of Welfare Rights Advice in Dundee... was it worth it?EventsDiscover how Dundee City Council used a Social Return on Investment approach to measure the impact of welfare rights and money advice services in schools and GP practices, and learn how the findings… Read more10:30am - 12:00pm