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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.
Today, Rishi Sunak set out his spending plans for the next financial year. what does this mean for spending in Scotland?
The Scottish Budget has been allocated over £8bn to address the implications of Covid-19 in 2020/21. This article considers how those funds have been allocated, reviews the fiscal issues and tensions that have emerged , and considers the possible implications of the UK Government Spending Review 2020 for the Scottish BUdget in 2021/22
This article reviews the headlines from the labour market data for Scotland and the UK published in November 2020.
The Covid-19 crisis has renewed interest in the merits of establishing a tax on net wealth in the UK. But if a wealth tax were introduced in the UK, should it operate as a UK tax determined by the Westminster government, or would there be a case for operating the tax – or aspects of it – at a devolved level?
Amidst all the challenges of the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis, recent reports suggest that the likelihood of the UK securing a trade deal with the EU have slipped back. The Prime Minister’s target of finalising an agreement by the 15th October has now passed. Of course, it is …
In this article we pull out the headline labour market data and set out some of the reasons why these headline indicators are seemingly so resilient despite what we know about the severe impact that the pandemic has had on the Scottish economy and the challenges it poses for the labour force.
In the least newsy of news it became ‘official’ at 07:00 on 12 August that the UK economy had been in recession. That confirmation came with the GDP figures for the three months from April to June. During that time income fell by 20.4%, following a fall of 2.2% between January and March.
This video gives an update on the latest labour market data for Scotland and the UK released in August 2020.
ONS have recently released some new experimental regional data which look at how households spend their money. This article looks at these data in more detail, exploring what they tell us about household consumption and saving across the UK.