Reading Time: 11 minutesThis blog looks at the common themes across committees’ recommendations and conclusions arising from pre-budget scrutiny 2025-26
Category: Economy & Finance
SPICe Hub: draft Climate Change Plan
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Scottish Government published a draft Climate Change Plan (CCP) on 6 November 2025, marking the start of 120 days of its parliamentary scrutiny (until 5 March).
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 BudgetÂ
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.
Public Sector Pay Policy – Challenges Ahead?
Reading Time: 4 minutesA look at the Multi-Year Pay Policy Framework ahead of the Scottish Budget.
UK Budget 2025 – a fiscal Reev-olution?
Reading Time: 10 minutesThis blog gives an overview of the UK Budget on 26 November 2025, setting out some of the main impacts on Scotland.
Climate Change Plan: what’s the background and what does it need to do.
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blog covers the background to the draft climate change plan, and some of the most important statutory requirements.
Non-Domestic Rates (Liability for Unoccupied Properties) (Scotland) Bill
Reading Time: 4 minutesSPICe is publishing this blog post instead of the usual bill briefing due to the short time available between the Bill’s introduction and its parliamentary consideration. The Bill is brief at only two pages but the implications of this Bill not passing are potentially significant.
How might the UK Budget impact the Scottish Government’s funding?
Reading Time: 8 minutesIntroduction In recent weeks there has been speculation about what, if any, tax rises the UK Chancellor might make in the Autumn Budget. Decisions on