Reading Time: 4 minutes The Scottish Government has highlighted around £3 billion of spending per year on policies that help tackle the cost of living. This blog looks at those policies and how spending on them has changed over three years. It also looks at how people’s views of their own household finances have changed over the last two years.
Tag: Budget
UK Budget: the Hunt for votes?
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog summarises today’s UK Budget and the implications for Scotland’s budget.
A review of this year’s Budget process
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog provides some reflections on the 2024-25 Budget process.
Scottish Budget 2024-25: All about the data
Reading Time: 2 minutes This blog provides an interactive tool for comparing Scottish Budgets for 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Accountability in budget scrutiny – do committees influence the Scottish Government’s decisions?Â
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog looks back at the recommendations made by committees during pre-budget scrutiny 2024-25 and the impact of committee scrutiny on the Scottish Budget 2024-25.
Affordable homes – Scottish Government budget and progress
Reading Time: 5 minutes This 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.
Scottish Budget 2024-25: in the bleak midwinter
Reading Time: 11 minutes This blog summarises today’s Scottish budget outlining Scottish Government plans for tax and spending next year.
What to look out for in next week’s Scottish budget
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog previews the upcoming Scottish budget, and some of the key areas to look out for.
How can we track the impact of public policy on emissions in Scotland?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Introduction It is well known that the Scottish, UK and other governments have set targets for reducing emissions and reaching net zero, by 2045 in
The return of Budget Bingo – key themes in committees’ pre-budget scrutiny for 2024-25
Reading Time: 8 minutes This blog updates previous work looking at the common themes across committees’ pre-budget scrutiny work by exploring the recommendations and conclusions made by committees during pre-budget scrutiny 2024-25.