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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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NewsImprovement Service automates citizen notifications for planningNewsThe Improvement Service has automated the process of publishing planning application notices on the tellmescotland platform – considerably reducing the time and resource that local authorities… Read more
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National Planning Improvement Framework shortlisted for RTPI Scotland AwardsNews -
New set of sub-council area population projections publishedNews -
Scottish Climate Intelligence Service update - May 2026News
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EventsOD/Change Managers Joint Network SessionEventsThe session will explore, in detail, the National Self Evaluation Framework which is a deliverable of the Solace/IS Transformation Programme. Read more10:00am - 11:30am