local government in scotland
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Local Government in Scotland. Why Local Government?. Just as Westminster ‘devolves’ certain powers to the Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament ‘devolves’ certain of these powers to Local Councils These councils are elected locally Therefore they know the needs of their own area - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
• Just as Westminster ‘devolves’ certain powers to the Scottish Parliament
• The Scottish Parliament ‘devolves’ certain of these powers to Local Councils
• These councils are elected locally
• Therefore they know the needs of their own area
• Some services they provide are mandatory and some are discretionary
• These services are services that the council must provide
• Education• Police• Fire Brigade• Social Work• Cleansing etc
• Swimming Pools• Gala Days• Flood control• Twin Towning• Rural Lighting
Local Government in Scotland is organised on a unitary basis
This means that each councilis responsible for providing all services
Scotland now has 29 councilson the mainland and threeisland authorities
Our authority isGlasgow City Council
• 80% of LG cash comes in a grant from the government. This is known Aggregate External Finance (AEF)
• The second is the Council Tax
• The third is by Private Public Partnerships
• The fourth is by government charges
Local authorities have four ways of raising money
Aggregate External Finance
• This comes from money the government has raised in taxation from ordinary people and businesses. eg
• Income Tax• Value Added Tax
(VAT) etc• Around 80% of LG
revenue
Previously known as the Revenue Support Grant
Council Tax
• Replaced the Community Charge (Poll Tax) in 1993
• Paid by most housholds based on the Councils valuation of the property
• Single person households get 25% reduction
Band H - Value £212,000 Tax -£2090
Band B Value £30,000 Tax £812
Band E Value £70,000Tax £1,227
Public Private Partnership
• Used for large expensive projecte like schools
• LG arranges for a business partner who wlii provide the cash for building
• LA’s pay a rent and• run the establishment
Charges for Selected Services
• Charges for School meals
• Hire if skips• Rural sanitation
charges• Entries to leisure
centres
• CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
• Used for large expensive projects like leisure centres, schools etc
• So expensive that the money has to be borrowed from financial institutions
• Permission to borrow has to be received from the Government
• Local Government takes a partner such as a bank
• The bank would finance and design the
• new building (school etc)
• Council leases the building and manages the school
• Consists of annual running costs of council
• WAGES• TELEPHONE &
HEATING• STATIONARY• REPAYMENT OF
LOANS