Brexit & Covid: how will these factors interact?
How could the pandemic and the UK’s new trading relationship with the EU interact to affect Scottish businesses and Local Authorities?
Scotland’s Budget Report: 2020
Recent positive news on vaccine development raises expectations that 2021/22 will herald the beginnings of a recovery from both the health and economic shocks caused by Covid in 2020. With this backdrop, what are the implications for the Scottish Government’s budget for 2021/22 – due to be published on 28th January?
The importance of being cautious… new labour market data today
This article provides a review of the latest (December 2020) labour market data…
FAI Economic Commentary: Light on the horizon offers optimism through the winter
While many parts of the world continue to introduce new lockdown measures – there is tentative optimism for the year ahead, according to the latest Economic Commentary by the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde.
Low income and enterprise
New podcast with Isla Kapasi from the University of Leeds talking to the Fraser of Allander Institute about research on the enterprise and low income.
On exempting NHS bonus payments from tax
The Scottish Government has announced that NHS and care workers will receive a one-off thankyou payment of £500 this year. Like any bonus payment, these will be taxed. But where will tax revenues go, and is there a case for exempting the bonus from tax?
Free school meals and child poverty
There have been new announcements on tackling child poverty over the last few days. What are these policies and are they the best way to get money to children in low income families?
The Spending Review and the latest data on the Scottish Economy
In this latest podcast, Emma Congreve, Mairi Spowage and David Eiser of the FAI talk about the what the Spending Review means for Scotland and the outlook for the public expenditure, as well as a round-up of the latest news on GDP out this week.
Transitions from school to paid employment for adults with learning disabilities: a parent’s perspective
As part of the Fraser of Allander’s programme of work looking at support and opportunities for people with learning disabilities in Scotland, we are keen to learn from people with direct experience of living with a learning disability and those in their support network. In this blog, we hear from the parents of Andrew with their reflections about what support they feel would have helped the transition from school to paid employment.
Spending Review 2020 and Scotland
Today, Rishi Sunak set out his spending plans for the next financial year. what does this mean for spending in Scotland?