Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog considers the Scottish Government’s latest Fiscal Outlook.
Tag: Finance
Scotland’s population: Growing more slowly and ageing
Reading Time: 4 minutes National Records of Scotland (NRS) published their Mid-2018 Population Estimates for Scotland on 25 April. They showed that the total Scottish population had reached a
SPICe FAQ – Higher Education student funding in Scotland
Reading Time: 2 minutes SPICe regularly receives enquiries from MSPs and their staff on behalf of constituents looking for information on funding for undergraduate or postgraduate studies. This blog
Ending child poverty: the challenge ahead
Reading Time: 5 minutes The latest picture on child poverty The Scottish Government’s latest poverty statistics show that – on the most commonly used measure of poverty – child
The (budgetary) times they are a changin’: 20 years of devolved budgets
Reading Time: 7 minutes As part of the programme to mark 20 years since the creation of the Scottish Parliament, SPICe will publish twenty “20 year” blog posts on
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