Reading Time: 68 minutes This timeline provides information on Scotland’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and includes all major developments.
The National Care Service – hub for SPICe material
Reading Time: 2 minutes A hub for all SPICe material on the National Care Service (NCS)
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – hub for SPICe material
Reading Time: 5 minutes A hub for all SPICe material on coronavirus (COVID-19).
Cost crisis: Constituency support for enquiries related to the cost of living and the cost of doing business
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog contains up-to-date links to a selection of trusted and official external sources of information relating to support available for individuals and organisations to help with the cost crisis.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Which neighbourhoods have the most cases?
Reading Time: 2 minutes This blog looks at COVID-19 cases in Scotland by neighbourhood, based on data from Public Health Scotland.
Scottish social security in six charts
Reading Time: 5 minutes Scottish social security is growing fast. By the end of this year, the main agency delivering devolved benefits, Social Security Scotland, will employ over 3,500
How is Scotland Performing?
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks at how Scotland is performing against the 81 National Indicators in the National Performance Framework.
Challenging income tax decisions ahead for the Scottish Government
Reading Time: 4 minutes The UK government’s income tax decisions do not affect Scottish tax payers directly. But they do have indirect implications for Scotland’s budget and its taxpayers. This blog explores these implications.
Governing nature – halting biodiversity loss
Reading Time: 7 minutes How are governments working to halt and reverse biodiversity loss? This is the second of two blogs on biodiversity and explores Scotland’s progress in this area and ongoing changes to biodiversity policy.
Nature’s variety: Biodiversity explained
Reading Time: 4 minutes What is biodiversity loss, how does it happen and why does it matter? This two-part blog explores biodiversity loss and how governments are acting to halt it.
NHS and Social Care over Winter 2022-23
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog discusses some of the potential challenges facing the NHS and social care services this winter.
Mini-Budget, Big tax cuts
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog summarises some of the announcements made today by the new Chancellor, and the implications for Scotland.