Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog looks at the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), the replacement for EU structural funds. The scheme is now being developed, and expected to launch in 2022 (with further details expected in the second half of 2021)
Tag: Finance
Budget 2021-22 – a tripartite deal
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis blog discusses and summarises the deal which allowed for passage of the Budget Bill for 2021-22.
UK Budget 2021: paying for the pandemic (but not yet)
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis 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 minutesThe 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 minutesThis blog provides an initial analysis of the 2021-22 Budget.
A busy budgetary period ahead
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog looks ahead to Budget 2021-22 and the upcoming period of parliamentary scrutiny.
(Un)real terms
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis 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: 3 minutesThis 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 minutesThe 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 minutesA look at the UK Spending Review 2020 and implications for Scotland.