Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog discusses and summarises the deal which allowed for passage of the Budget Bill for 2021-22.
Tag: Finance
UK Budget 2021: paying for the pandemic (but not yet)
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog considers yesterday’s UK Budget and the implications for Scotland’s public finances next year.
COVID-19 Barnetts for 2020-21 – the final reckoning
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Scottish Government received a total of £9.7 billion in COVID-19 Barnett consequentials for 2020-21. This blog sets out how they have been used and looks ahead to the evolving picture for 2021-22.
Budget 2021-22: a budget for unprecedented times
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog provides an initial analysis of the 2021-22 Budget.
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?