Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog summarises yesterday’s UK Autumn Statement and the implications for Scotland and the Scottish Budget.
Tag: Budget
Embedding Deliberative Democracy in a Participatory Parliament
Reading Time: 9 minutes This blog gives an update on work to improve public participation in the work of the Scottish Parliament, including a look at the recommendations of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee, as well as detail on next steps and a case study of using a deliberative approach with citizens in the Budget scrutiny process.
Behavioural responses to changes in Income tax
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog explains what behavioural responses to income tax changes are, and how they are forecasted by the Scottish Fiscal Commission.
Trends in Funding for Culture
Reading Time: 10 minutes A look at public funding of culture over the past decade.
Medium term financial strategy – decisions pushed back
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog discusses last week’s Scottish Government Medium Term Financial Strategy.
What is a “wellbeing economy”?
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog explores the idea of a wellbeing economy and how it is influencing Scottish Government policy.
Fiscal sustainability: long term thinking required!
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog summarises the SFC’s fiscal sustainability report and its implications for the pubic policy debate in Scotland.
UK Budget 2023: the Hunt for growth
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog summarises key measures from yesterday’s UK Budget and the implications for Scotland.
Budget transparency: Data
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog takes a look at the data supplied by the Scottish Government to support the budget.
Transparency and the Scottish Budget
Reading Time: 9 minutes This blog summarises issues around the transparency of Scottish budgetary information.