The Scottish elections happen on May 6th.

This year, for the first time and co-funded by the Scottish Policy Foundation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies is publishing a range of Scottish Election analysis on tax, benefits and public spending, and the parties' plans for the coming parliamentary term.

Find out more at https://www.ifs.org.uk/scottish-election

    Authors

    David Phillips
    David Phillips

    Associate Director

    David is Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance. He also works on tax in developing countries as part of our TaxDev centre.

    Explainer details

    DOI
    10.1920/ex.ifs.2024.0082
    Publisher
    IFS

    Suggested citation

    Phillips, D. (2021). Government spending [Explainer] IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/government-spending (accessed: 24 March 2025).

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