Square The Circle

Podlitical

BBC

Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Tensions between the Scottish Government and councils continue as the budget is debated. The Scottish government says it has given councils an extra £570m for local services in its December budget, but local authorities are concerned that economic pressures will hit vital services like social care and education, and ring-fenced funds may lead to cuts in areas such as bin collections. Economist David Phillips, Associate Director of The Institute for Fiscal Studies, joins the team to explain some of the challenges facing the Scottish government and local authorities, what might be done to alleviate those pressures, and the economic outlook for Scotland and the UK going forward.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.4	You're listening to BBC Scotland
0:09.7	Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast
0:15.9	That brings you an inside look at the biggest stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster.
0:20.3	It's nine minutes past one. On Thursday
0:22.7	the 2nd of February, I'm Lucy
0:24.7	White, a journalist based in Glasgow
0:26.6	and today I'm joined by... I'm Roger
0:28.8	Eupesundee, a journalist based in Westminster.
0:31.1	I'm Phil Somme, a journalist based at the Scottish
0:32.8	Parliament. And I'm David Phillips,
0:34.8	an associate director at the Institute for Physical
0:36.8	Studies. David, you win director at the Institute for Physical Studies.
0:38.4	David, you win.
0:43.4	In the list of titles, once again, Phil and Rajdeep, sorry, guys.
0:44.8	A close second and third.
0:48.8	Maybe I'll be associate director of the Scottish Parliament, BBC office.
0:51.1	Just give yourself that promotion.
0:52.7	David, thank you so much for joining it.
0:58.8	This is your first time on Podletical. It is, yeah. So I'm very excited to be here. I've spent a lot of time looking at Scottish Public Policy over the last few years, did a lot of interviews for the BBC and others,
1:03.0	but definitely a first on a podcast, apart from our own IFS podcast, IFFS zooms in. I love the plug. Straight off the back. You know what you're doing. Well done.
1:13.5	Yeah, thanks so much for coming on.
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