Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog looks back at the recommendations made by committees during pre-budget scrutiny 2024-25 and the impact of committee scrutiny on the Scottish Budget 2024-25.
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Intergovernmental activity update: Quarter 4 2023
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSPICe has published a new quarterly intergovernmental activity update, which covers quarter 4 (October to December) of 2023. You can find previous updates on our
Digital footprints to deleted trails: what is the status of deleted information and non-corporate messaging tools in the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002?
Reading Time: 5 minutesRecent disclosures at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry have brought significant attention to the use of non-corporate messaging platforms like WhatsApp in the delivery of public authorities’ official business. This blog looks at the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and how information held by public authorities on non-corporate messaging platforms can be accessed through the freedom of information regime.
The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales’s final report
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales (‘the Commission’) published its final report on 17 January 2024. This blog summarises recommendations made by
What is ‘sustainable and regenerative agriculture’? With guest expert Dr Lorna Cole
Reading Time: 8 minutesGuest blog by Dr Lorna Cole discussing what it means for agriculture to be sustainable and regenerative.
How much income tax will I pay in 2024-25?
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom 6 April 2024, non-savings, non-dividend (NSND) income tax will be subject to six bands compared to three bands in the rest of the UK.
Climate Change and Scottish Parliament committees: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee – climate policy governance
Reading Time: 5 minutesSPICe will be producing a series of blogs to illustrate the links between climate change and the policy areas covered by each subject committee.
This blog illustrates the remit of the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee as it relates to climate governance.
Climate change and Scottish Parliament committees: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee – sectors
Reading Time: 7 minutesSPICe will be producing a series of blogs to illustrate the links between climate change and the policy areas covered by each subject committee.
This blog illustrates the links between the key sectors covered by the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee and climate change.
SPICe Hub: Climate change and Scottish Parliament committees
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis mini blogpost provides a central hub for SPICe blogs that illustrate how climate change impacts on policy areas across subject committees.
Climate Change and Scottish Parliament committees: Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Reading Time: 6 minutesSPICe will be producing a series of blogs to illustrate the links between climate change and the policy areas covered by each subject committee.
This blog illustrates the links between the remit of the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee and climate change.