Reading Time: 8 minutesA look at Scotland’s economic policy landscape since devolution.
Category: Economy & Finance
Taxing times: the perils of fiscal devolution
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat influences the size of the Scottish budget now that a range of tax powers have been devolved?
Brexit and devolved competition powers
Reading Time: 3 minutesA look at how Brexit might affect the Scottish Government’s newly devolved competition powers.
Scotland’s fiscal outlook: possible large reconciliations ahead
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog considers the Scottish Government’s latest Fiscal Outlook.
How to count to net-zero
Reading Time: 4 minutesCounting to zero is easy. But budgeting for zero carbon, that’s more difficult.
Scotland – A Trading Nation?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog gives an overview of the recently released Scottish Government export plan.
Scotland’s population: Growing more slowly and ageing
Reading Time: 4 minutesNational Records of Scotland (NRS) published their Mid-2018 Population Estimates for Scotland on 25 April. They showed that the total Scottish population had reached a
Ending child poverty: the challenge ahead
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe latest picture on child poverty The Scottish Government’s latest poverty statistics show that – on the most commonly used measure of poverty – child
The (budgetary) times they are a changin’: 20 years of devolved budgets
Reading Time: 7 minutesAs part of the programme to mark 20 years since the creation of the Scottish Parliament, SPICe will publish twenty “20 year” blog posts on
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme and Brexit
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is considered the cornerstone of the EU’s efforts to fight climate change and is a key mechanism