The Scottish Political System Since Devolution by Paul Cairney

Author:Paul Cairney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Scotland, Scottish independence, politics, devolution, elections, Scottish Parliament, Scottish Government, Intergovernmental relations, constitution, public policy
ISBN: 9781845403386
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2012
Published: 2012-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

18 Best Value was New Labour’s alternative to compulsory competitive tendering, allowing for the possibility that local authority provision is better value for money than contracting out - see McGarvey and Cairney (2008: 138; 141)

19 In general, the Scottish Executive often maintained a rather fluid approach to its involvement in local government and union issues. For example, it agreed to fund the McCrone deal to increase teacher pay and end a long-running dispute between teaching unions and local government, but did not get involved, despite effectively funding, pay disputes between COSLA and Unison (McGarvey, February 2001: 40-1; McGarvey, November 2003: 40; McGarvey, May 2004: 47; see also Winetrobe, May 2004: on the nursery nurses dispute; the SNP Government also had little formal involvement in such disputes - Scott, January 2009: 65). It signed a protocol with the STUC to ensure that employees affected by PPP would have their employment terms and conditions safeguarded (Bell, February 2003: 36; see also Winetrobe, February 2002: 49 on the Scottish Executive’s involvement in strike talks on ferry and railway staff). It avoided direct involvement in equal pay claims for female local government workers, but took the lead on removing the entitlement of those in the local government pension scheme to retire at 65 (then retreated somewhat to phase in the new arrangements by 2020, 4 years later than in England) (Scott, January 2006: 101; Scott, May 2006: 57-8; Scott, September 2006: 53; Scott, January 2007: 57-8; the agreement was finally reached with the SNP Government - Scott, May 2008: 66-7).

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