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Local Government Finance: Draft Budget 2018-19 and provisional allocations to local authorities
Author: Ailsa Burn-Murdoch, Allan Campbell and Andrew Aiton
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Published: Monday 18 Dec 2017 (SB 17-88)
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Executive summary
Understanding the local government budget
Presenting the figures
Transparency
Issues raised during the 2017-18 Draft Budget
Changes in the 2018-19 Draft Budget
The local government funding formula
Draft Budget 2018-19 - Local government funding
Local government total allocations
Our approach
Local government budget breakdown
Local Government share of the Scottish Government Budget
Historical changes
Policy commitments
Commitments for 2018-19
Council Tax
Public sector pay cap
Allocations to local authorities
Provisional Revenue allocations
Real terms change
£ per head
Percentage of the Scottish average
Provisional Capital allocations
Annexe
Table 1 - Local Government funding from Scottish Government (cash) and percentage share
Table 2 - Local Government funding from Scottish Government (real 2017-18 prices) and percentage share
Table 3 - Adjusted, provisional, "like for like" Revenue allocations, cash and real terms change
Table 4 - Provisional Revenue allocations - per head
Table 5 - Provisional Capital allocations
Table 6 - Predicted Council Tax income from 3% increase, 2018-19
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Executive summary
Understanding the local government budget
Draft Budget 2018-19 - Local government funding
Policy commitments
Allocations to local authorities
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Image: Figure 1 - Scottish Government funding for local government, 2018-19
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Image: Figure 2 - Local government and Scottish Government budget, multi-annual real terms change
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Image: Figure 3 - Provisional Revenue allocations, like for like comparison, real terms change, %
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Image: Figure 4 - Provisional Revenue allocations - £ per head
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Image: Figure 5 - Provisional Revenue allocations - % of the Scottish average
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Image: Figure 6 - provisional Capital allocations, real terms change, %
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