Reading Time: 4 minutesA look at the Multi-Year Pay Policy Framework ahead of the Scottish Budget.
Category: Economy & Finance
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
Scotland’s economic performance: A progress update
Reading Time: 5 minutesHow is the Scottish Government’s ten-year economic strategy progressing?
An introduction to the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill was introduced by the Scottish Government in March 2025. The Stage 1 debate is scheduled for 20 November. So, what is community wealth building, what’s in the Bill, and how have stakeholders reacted?
Labour market update: November 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe latest headline labour market data for Scotland.
Labour market update: October 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSources: UK Labour Market: October 2025 and Labour market in the regions of the UK: October 2025 For constituency-level labour market statistics, please visit the labour market in
An Introduction to the Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog has been written by Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Professor Burcu Yüksel Ripley as part of a SPICe academic fellowship. Their briefing Digital Assets