Budget 2020/21: Finance Committee Briefing on Fiscal Framework

Budget 2020/21: Finance Committee Briefing on Fiscal Framework Headlines Resource spending in the 2020/21 budget is up almost 5% in real terms compared to the 2019/20 budget (excluding new resources for social security and changes to the accounting for farm payments, post-Brexit). The increase is entirely due to increases in the Barnett-determined block grant. The […]

Greater Scam Awareness Needed

There needs to be greater awareness amongst the public to help protect communities from scammers. There are good initiatives from the National Trading Standards Scams Team and Local Authorities, but more has to be done to protect and prevent people from becoming victims of scams. Too many people fall victim to increasingly sophisticated scams. Many […]