ALLIANCE Pre-Budget Scrutiny responses 2027-28 calls for prevention to be at heart of public service reform agenda
- Area of Work: Policy and Research
- Type: News Item
- Published: 14th August 2026
Responses to two committees note that increasing investment in prevention is necessary to deliver longer term savings.
As part of the Scottish Parliament’s annual pre-budget scrutiny process, the ALLIANCE have submitted responses to two committees. The Finance and Public Administration Committee were seeking views on the affordability of Scotland’s tax and spend plans, whilst the Public Service Reform Committee were considering the progress of the public service reform agenda thus far and how it should progress. To help inform our response to the Public Service Reform Committee’s call for views, we held an engagement event where our members shared their views.
Although each committee has a different remit, some of the key issues raised by the ALLIANCE included:
- Concern that effiency saving and workforce reduction targets were not achievable and likely to have impacts on service delivery
- The essential role of the third sector in public service delivery, which is not reflected in how statutory funders approach commissioning and contracts
- The need to invest in a wholesale shift to prevention now, accepting that this may require increased expenditure in the short term in order to deliver savings in the long term
- Reiterating our long-standing support for the principles of the Wellbeing Economy and Human Rights Budgeting.
You can find the response to each committee in the resource section below.
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