Reading Time: 10 minutesAn update on work to deliver a model for parliamentary scrutiny of climate change in the Scottish Parliament.
Affordable homes – Scottish Government budget and progress
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog takes a look at the Scottish Government’s affordable housing supply programme budget, reaction to planned spending and progress towards the affordable homes supply target.
2024 – the year of elections: why they matter
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn 2024 elections are due to take place in over 50 countries and with more than 2 billion people entitled to vote. This blog looks at where elections will be held and why they matter.
COP28 climate change negotiations and how they connect to Scottish climate policy
Reading Time: 6 minutesBlog summarising some of the major talking points from the COP28 climate negotiations and how they relate to the Scottish context.
Scottish Budget 2024-25: in the bleak midwinter
Reading Time: 11 minutesThis blog summarises today’s Scottish budget outlining Scottish Government plans for tax and spending next year.
Update blog on the Scottish Parliament Proxy Voting Scheme
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments (SPPA) Committee is due to hold a debate in the Chamber on 20 December 2023. The Committee is proposing
What retained EU law will be revoked by the end of 2023 – December update
Reading Time: 5 minutesBackground The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act (‘the Act’) received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023. Previous SPICe blogs explain what retained EU
Land Reform Consultation – What are the key stakeholders saying?
Reading Time: 10 minutesIntroduction This is the third in a series of land reform blogs. Having previously considered the route to current proposals, and what is being proposed,
What do the Scottish Government’s proposals for land reform look like?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is the second in a series of land reform blogs. It sets out current Scottish Government proposals for land reform. The most significant of
Routes to further land reform – the origins of current Scottish Government proposals
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction In July 2022 the Scottish Government published Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation, a consultation on measures to “address the impact of scale