Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog provides an initial analysis of the 2021-22 Budget.
Tag: Finance
A busy budgetary period ahead
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks ahead to Budget 2021-22 and the upcoming period of parliamentary scrutiny.
(Un)real terms
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blogs looks at how the unusual projection for the GDP deflator could impact analysis of the 2021-22 Scottish Budget.
Real terms calculator
Reading Time: 2 minutes This tool gives an estimate of what the value of items would have been in different years, based on the general rate of inflation using GDP deflators.
COVID-19 Barnett consequentials: filling in the gaps
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Scottish Government recently announced further plans for the allocation of the COVID-19 Barnett consequentials. This blog looks at the detail of the announcement.
UK Spending Review 2020: an economic emergency
Reading Time: 3 minutes A look at the UK Spending Review 2020 and implications for Scotland.
COVID-19 Barnett consequentials guarantee up again: more certainty, less clarity
Reading Time: 4 minutes The amount guaranteed to the Scottish Government as a result of COVID-19 Barnett consequentials has increased to £8.2 billion. But how can these funds be scrutinised?
COVID-19 Barnett funding: £7.2 billion for Scotland now guaranteed
Reading Time: 3 minutes Barnett consequentials related to coronavirus (COVID-19) support now stand at £7.2 billion for Scotland. This blog looks at how the Barnett position has evolved through the course of the pandemic.
Infrastructure Investment Plan: a framework, a delivery plan or a consultation?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Scottish Government recently published a Draft Infrastructure Investment Plan covering the period to 2025-26. This blog looks at what it does and doesn’t do.
Scottish Income Tax Reconciliations: a downward adjustment, but by less than feared
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog considers the 2018-19 Scottish Income tax reconciliation.