September 2017 Summary Introduction Here at SCVO we have been engaging our members in a wide-ranging,Finally, in our response to the Scottish Government’s budget proposals for 2017-18, John Downie suggested,However, whilst the Group’s call for improved scrutiny both pre- and post-budget is welcome, they focussed,process before the draft budget is published.,has discussed previously – see, for example, http://www.scvo.scot/long-form-posts/an-economy-for-all-report-economyforall

Budgeting Fun This should be the time of year when many of us have fun with the Scottish Government budget,The Scottish Parliament committees, which so often have considered only forward spend, are now assessing,Local Government and communities One of those committees covers local government and communities.,I’ve just been drafting SCVO’s response to the committee's inquiry into the budget, which focuses on,the reduction to local authority budgets in recent years.