Frantisek Brocek and David Eiser Should local authorities’ revenue sources include a locally set income tax? Or, alternatively, a proportion of the income tax revenues that are raised from its own residents? This question has been pondered repeatedly – although with varying degrees of seriousness – over the past 15 …
This blog shows that council tax rates are now markedly lower in Scotland than in England and Wales. Increasing council tax in Scotland to match rates in Wales (or England) would raise substantial revenues, but would have adverse distributional implications. On balance, the case for more fundamental reform of property …
What is the case for increasing council tax rates in Scotland? Read More »
Tackling regional economic disparities has been a priority of successive governments in both the UK and Scotland. The UK Government’s Industrial Strategy is their latest attempt, with regional growth 1 of 5 ‘foundations of success’. Here in Scotland, ‘cohesion’ – or its new term ‘regional inclusive growth’ – has been …
FAI Economic Commentary: Tackling regional economic inequalities Read More »
Sam MacArthur is a fourth year undergraduate economics student at the University of Strathclyde and had a summer internship in the Fraser of Allander Institute supported by the Carnegie Trust. This blog summarises some of Sam’s research from last summer into some of the issues around land value tax. The Scottish …
As the Scottish Budget for 2017/18 has passed through Parliament, the operation of the Non-Domestic Rates pool has risen to prominence. It has provided the Cabinet Secretary for Finance with flexibility to support local government spending and ease the burden of the revaluation to business rates. So how does the …
On Friday, we published the latest edition of our new quarterly publication – Labour Market Trends – with our colleagues in the Scottish Centre for Employment Research. The aim of the report is to highlight recent developments in the Scottish labour market and to bring to the fore some of …
Tracking local labour market performance since the Great Recession Read More »
