Today, the Office for National Statistics published new figures on government revenues, spending and borrowing.
This chapter of our third annual Budget Report looks at the outlook for the Scottish Government’s finances and its public spending plans and trade-offs. The focus is the coming financial year, 2025–26 ...
After £1.5 billion of in-year top-ups in the current financial year, 2024–25, the plans set out for day-to-day health and social care spending in the Scottish Budget for the coming year, 2025–26, now ...
In December, the Scottish Government announced their Budget for 2025-26. This suggested significant increases in spending compared to this year for many public services – but the real picture is not ...
Lars Nesheim is a Professor of Economics at UCL and Co-Director of the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap). After obtaining his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2001, he worked for ...
Clara's interests lie in public and labour economics. She joined the Institute for Fiscal Studies in 2021 while completing her Master of Science in Economics. In 2023, she earned the three-years IFS ...
How have public sector pay and employment changed in Scotland in recent years and what are the implications of those changes?
Over the last few years, Scottish Government and councils have agreed pay rises for staff in schools, the NHS and other parts of the devolved public sector that are bigger than those awarded elsewhere ...
We borrowed and spent more than other countries to respond to the pandemic and the sharp rise in energy prices two years ...
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