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SNP’s tax strategy is a missed opportunity

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Shona Robison’s budget speech failed to set out a long-term plan for growth-enhancing reforms

5 December 2024

Scottish Budget 2024-25: IFS analysis

event 22 February 2024 at 10:00

Ahead of the final Scottish Parliament vote on the Budget, IFS researchers presented their analysis of the proposals.

Two-child limit mitigation in Scotland would help larger poor families but policy design could harm work incentives

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Mitigating the two-child limit policy would be an effective way to reduce child poverty, but designing an effective policy is not straightforward.

14 March 2025

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Scottish Budget 2025-26: IFS analysis

event 20 February 2025 at 10:00

At this online event, IFS researchers presented their analysis of the Scottish Budget proposals and the wider Scottish tax and spending context.

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Scottish Budget: the overall fiscal and spending outlook

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Funding and spending growth are set to slow. Without a top-up, health spending will be flat in 2025–26 and tricky trade-offs elsewhere loom too.

20 February 2025

Scottish public sector employment and pay

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How have public sector pay and employment changed in Scotland in recent years and what are the implications of those changes?

18 February 2025

Response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee’s Local Government Finance and the 2019 Spending Review inquiry

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This note addresses the questions raised by the HCLG Committee's Local Government Finance and the 2019 Spending Review inquiry.

10 May 2019

Response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's Consultation

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This note is a response to the consultation from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government concerning the needs and resources of local authorities.

21 February 2019

Response to the Finance Committee of the National Assembly of Wales’s Call for Evidence

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A response to the consultation from the Finance Committee of the National Assembly for Wales concerning preparations for replacing European Union funding for Wales

13 June 2018

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