Scottish Budget 2023–24

Understand this issue

How big are the UK's demographic challenges?

podcast

With birth rates at record lows, we ask what the implications are for the UK and how it might impact the public finances.

8 November 2024

What does the Budget mean for the UK?

podcast

We discuss the Chancellor's first Budget and what impact the changes could have.

31 October 2024

We can’t have any more budgets where speculation is running wild

comment

Rachel Reeves needs to deliver a clear statement of intent for the remainder of this government’s time in office

28 October 2024

Policy analysis

A decline in foreign students and higher costs create a perfect storm for Scottish universities

comment

Falls in funding for home students, a decline in international enrolments and higher labour costs put Scottish university finances under pressure.

19 November 2024

The increases in Scotland’s top rate of income tax may have reduced revenues – although significant uncertainty remains

comment

Scotland’s income tax rises have likely increased tax avoidance and migration – but the size of the effects is uncertain.

15 November 2024

Real-terms departmental spending growth, 2024–25 to 2028–29, day-to-day spending and capital spending, plans at Spring Budget 2024 and Autumn Budget 2024

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Rachel Reeves has topped up the day-to-day departmental spending plans inherited from Jeremy Hunt, but the increases are very front-loaded.

1 November 2024

Academic research

Do work search requirements work? Evidence from a UK reform targeting single parents

working paper

We assess whether work search requirements for out-of-work welfare claimants are effective in inducing individuals to work & delivering fiscal savings

1 February 2023

The impact of area level mental health interventions on outcomes for secondary school pupils: Evidence from the HeadStart programme in England

working paper

This paper provides the first robust evaluation of the impacts on school outcomes of HeadStart for area-level mental health interventions.

13 October 2022

Prioritization, risk selection, and illness severity in a mixed health care system

working paper

We study the link between illness severity and the use of public health care services by the privately insured under a public health system.

16 June 2022