Reading Time: 11 minutesThis blog explores the Scottish Government’s policies and proposals in the chapter on ‘land use, land use change and forestry’ (LULUCF) in the new draft Plan.
Author: SPICe
The lie of the land in the Scottish Government’s draft Climate Change Plan – Part 1: Agriculture
Reading Time: 10 minutesThis blog explores the Scottish Government’s policies and proposals in the agriculture chapter in the new draft CCP
Climate Change Plan: decarbonising energy supply in Scotland
Reading Time: 10 minutesThe blog looks at the detail of electricity and fuel supply in Scotland and examines what is set out in the draft CCP.
Labour market update: December 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSources: UK Labour Market: December 2025 and Labour market in the regions of the UK: December 2025 For constituency-level labour market statistics, please visit the labour market in Scotland
Year-to-year comparisons of the Scottish Budget
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog explains why year-to-year comparisons of the Scottish budget can be tricky – and why this matters for budget scrutiny.
How can human rights responsibilities be used to frame budget scrutiny?
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog explores the AAAQ framework analysis approach to human rights spending taken by the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee in a collaborative budget scrutiny workshop supported by the SHRC.
The people’s perspective on citizen participation in budget scrutiny
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blog tells the story of how the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee has included participation and deliberation in its pre-Budget scrutiny in recent years, and shares the experiences of the citizens involved.
A closer relationship? How are UK-EU negotiations progressing?
Reading Time: 7 minutesFollowing the UK-EU agreement in May 2025 to develop the relationship, this blog examines how negotiations are progressing on the proposals for linking emissions trading schemes and sanitary and phytosanitary areas.
Public Sector Pay Policy – Challenges Ahead?
Reading Time: 4 minutesA look at the Multi-Year Pay Policy Framework ahead of the Scottish Budget.
UK-EU negotiations on a youth experience scheme and association to Erasmus+ [Updated 17 December 2025]
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blog looks at UK-EU youth mobility before and after EU exit and provides updates on the ongoing youth experience negotiations following the UK-EU summit.