Reading Time: 3 minutes A look at the implications of the UK Spending Review for Scotland’s Budget.
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Budget 2019-20 – final allocations to local authorities
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s an exciting time of year – the final funding allocations for local government in 2019-20 have been published! We wrote in a recent blog
Scottish Budget 2019-20: what’s changed?
Reading Time: 4 minutes It seems a long time since the Scottish Government set out its tax and spend proposals for 2019-20 back on 12 December 2018. Tax rates
And we’re off: Scottish Budget 2019-20, the parliamentary debate begins
Reading Time: 4 minutes This is an initial analysis of the Budget. More detailed SPICe briefings and additional blogs will follow in due course. Derek Mackay presented the Scottish
UK Budget 2018: Spending increases with tax choices to come
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered his final pre-Brexit Budget on Monday. It was noticeable for presenting better than anticipated tax revenue figures, despite economic
How much will the Scottish Government benefit from additional health funding in England?
Reading Time: 3 minutes How much extra money for health has been announced? In June 2018, the Prime Minister announced additional funding for the NHS in England. By 2023-24,
Health and Social Care: bridging the financial challenge
Reading Time: 4 minutes On 4 October 2018, the Scottish Government published its long-awaited Medium Term Health and Social Care Financial Framework. This came on the back of the
Financial Transactions: ‘real’ money?
Reading Time: 3 minutes In recent years, the Scottish Government has received substantial sums from the UK Government known as ‘Financial Transactions’ (FTs). To date, the Scottish Government has
Public sector pay: an end to the squeeze?
Reading Time: 3 minutes As part of the 2018-19 Draft Budget, the Scottish Government announced an easing of its policy on public sector pay. Starting in 2011-12, public sector
Guest blog – A Continuity Bill in the Scottish Parliament?
Reading Time: 10 minutes As with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, and not those of SPICe or indeed the Scottish Parliament.