Reading Time: 10 minutesThis blog looks at the common themes across committees’ recommendations and conclusions arising from pre-budget scrutiny 2024-25.
Tag: Budget
What’s in the UK Budget? Ask Reeves.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog provides a summary analysis of today’s UK Government Budget, and what it means for the Scottish Budget.
The Barnett formula and consequentials
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast update: December 2025 This blog looks to explain the Barnett formula and provides data on the money that the Scottish Government receives through the
Filling in fiscal cracks…again
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog summarises the Cabinet Secretary’s fiscal update.
The Scottish Government’s capital budget
Reading Time: 5 minutesA blog on the Scottish Government’s capital budget – why does it matter, how is it determined, what is it spent on, and what flexibility does the Scottish Government have?
Tackling the cost of living – Scottish Government Policy
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 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.
UK Budget: the Hunt for votes?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog summarises today’s UK Budget and the implications for Scotland’s budget.
A review of this year’s Budget process
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog provides some reflections on the 2024-25 Budget process.
Scottish Budget 2024-25: All about the data
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis 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 minutesThis 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.