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Category: Economy & Finance
Food price ceilings: What does theory and evidence tell us?
Reading Time: 6 minutesAn outline of what economic theory tells us about price ceilings and some evidence from food price caps in Europe.
Scotland’s exports in 10 charts 2026
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog summarises 10 key charts from the recent SPICe briefing on Scotland’s exports.
Labour market update: August 2026
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Labour market update: July 2026
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Dashboards
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFind the latest statistics for your constituency or local area. Constituency profiles Key statistics on population, health, housing, poverty, and the labour market Labour marketUnemployment,
Labour market update: June 2026
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Labour market update: May 2026
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Prevention: The “urgent” topic of the last decade
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blog talks about prevention as a method of delivery of public services. It also introduces some of the challenges with implementing prevention from a resource allocation point of view.
Good Food Nation: we have a plan, but does it have any teeth?
Reading Time: 10 minutesThis guest blog details the latest developments in Scottish food policy, including the publication of the first National Good Food Nation Plan, the twist and turns around the secondary legislation meant to give it effect, and what may come next.