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David Phllips, Associate Director, gave this presentation at a fringe event organised by Future Economy Scotland at the SNP party conference on 12th October 2025. He discussed recent trends and the future outlook for Scottish Government funding, the pressures facing the Scottish Budget and the potential to address these on the spending and tax side of the Budget.

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    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.

    Presentation details

    DOI
    10.1920/ps.ifs.2025.0006
    Publisher
    Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Suggested citation

    Phillips, D. (2025). 'Scotland’s fiscal outlook' [Presentation]. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/scotlands-fiscal-outlook (accessed: 17 September 2026).

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    Impact Acceleration Account 2023-28

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