New Development: Scotland's Concordat—An assessment of the new financial framework in central--local relations

Arthur Midwinter

Public Money & Management, 2009, vol. 29, issue 1, 65-70

Abstract: The Scottish Concordat was presented as a new model of central--local relations, based on mutual respect and joint accountability. In practice, it delivered an uncosted package with inadequate measures of outcomes. The result is service reductions, job losses, and blurred accountability.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617392

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