Ahead of the final Scottish Parliament vote on the Budget, IFS researchers presented their analysis of the proposals.
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In December, the Scottish government announced their Budget for 2024-25. This further raised tax rates on high earners relative to the rest of the UK, but implies real-terms cuts in public service spending compared to the latest plans for the current financial year. As the Budget progresses through the Scottish Parliament, the IFS are releasing a series of chapters from our second 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 brought together this work with presentations on:
- Tax and spending in 2024-25
- The medium-term funding outlook and choices
- Health spending, staffing and activity
- Higher education funding policy
Authors
Research Economist
Bee joined the IFS in 2021 as a Research Economist and works in the Retirement, Saving and Ageing sector.
Senior Research Economist
Kate joined the IFS in 2020 and works on local government finance and higher education.
Research Economist
Max joined the IFS in 2020 as a research economist in the Healthcare Sector, with a focus on the NHS labour force and adult social care in England.
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.2024.0004
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
Boileau, B et al. (2024). 'Scottish Budget 2024-25: IFS analysis' [Presentation]. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/scottish-budget-2024-25-ifs-analysis (accessed: 30 June 2024).
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