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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 Guidance Helps Councils Compare Child Poverty Drivers Across Great BritainNewsLast year ONS Local, in partnership with the Improvement Service (IS) and Scottish Government, developed a new dataset to support local authorities and partners to understand child poverty in their… Read more
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July updates from the IS Child Poverty projectsNews -
The Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) and Safe and Together Integration Pilot (MSTIP) Learning Report publishedNews -
Scottish Climate Intelligence Service update - July 2026News
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EventsIntensive Family Support Service: Learning and Impact webinarEventsJoin the Improvement Service and Capital City Partnership for a webinar exploring the results of a Social Return on Investment analysis of the Intensive Family Support Service across the Edinburgh… Read more10:00am - 12:00pm