In December, the Scottish Government announced their Budget for 2025-26. This suggested significant increases in spending compared to this year for many public services – but the real picture is not so rosy. As the Budget progresses through the Scottish Parliament, the IFS are releasing a series of chapters from our third annual Scottish Budget Report looking in detail at Scottish tax and public spending policies and challenges in the coming year and beyond.
At this online event, ahead of the final Scottish Parliament vote on the Budget, IFS researchers will bring together this work with presentations on:
- The fiscal and spending outlook
- Public sector employment and pay
- School spending, staffing and pupil numbers
- Scottish tax strategy and policy
After the presentations, there will be time for audience Q&A.
This event will be free to view on Slido and Youtube. To sign up to receive an email reminder when the event is due to start, please click here.
This event is funded by
Chair
David Phillips
David is Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance. He also works on tax in developing countries as part of our TaxDev centre.
Speakers
Stuart Adam
Stuart is a Senior Economist working in the Tax sector, and focuses on analysing the design of the tax and benefit system.
Bee Boileau
Bee joined the IFS in 2021 as a Research Economist and works in the Retirement, Saving and Ageing sector.
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