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featuredNational Benchmarking Overview Report 2022/23
Financial, workforce and demand pressures mean tough decisions for councils
Councils are having to make increasingly difficult decisions about the shape and level of service delivery finds the 12th annual Local Government Benchmarking Framework (LGBF) National Benchmarking Overview Report.
The report looks at data from 2022/23, when councils across Scotland were being faced with unprecedented financial challenges, in the shape of soaring inflationary pressures and the cost-of-living crisis, against a backdrop of significant external and internal pressures, including those resulting from the still ongoing effects of the Covid pandemic.
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featuredCollaboration is key to improving planning
Scotland’s National Planning Improvement Champion has published the findings of a ‘call for ideas’ asking for views on what a high-performing planning system looks like.
The report highlights that although there are differences of opinion on what constitutes good performance, there is a need for collaborative approaches to planning.
Read Planning Ambitions: Findings from the Call for Ideas on Planning Performance
01 Mar 2024 -
featuredShaping Places for Wellbeing Programme
Watch this new video from Public Health Scotland to learn how the Shaping Places for Wellbeing Programme, a collaborative initiative by Public Health Scotland and the Improvement Service, has been implemented within Alloa and Fraserburgh, two of the Project Towns the Programme is working in.
22 Jan 2024
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NewsShaping Places for Wellbeing Programme – April updateNewsCatch up on what the Shaping Places for Wellbeing Programme have been doing during April. Read more
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Updated briefing on integrating planning and public healthNews
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Local Government Connect Network for early career professionals launchedNews
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One million getyournec.scot applications processedNews
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10MAYEventsSCOTS Annual Conference 2024EventsScottish Collaboration of Transportation Specialists (SCOTS) Annual Conference. Read more09:00am - 05:00pm
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21MAYLogic models and theories of change11:00am - 12:00pm
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22MAYSSN Annual Conference 202409:00am - 03:00pm
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29MAYLocal Place Plans for Planners with Planning Aid Scotland02:00pm - 04:00pm