Public Finance
UK Government betrays Scotland with massive cuts to post-EU funding
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
Since being dragged out of the EU against our will, we have seen a net loss of funding support. The Conservatives never met their manifesto promise to replicate EU funding.
Fiscal Sustainability Perspectives: what Scotland’s finances mean for the next parliament
Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commissioin
Media type: Report
Date published: 2026
The Scottish Government has stated that, if current trends continue, it expects spending to outpace funding in the next parliament.
Scotland’s Economic and Fiscal Forecasts
Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission
Media type: Report
Date published:
The total funding available to the Scottish Government is forecast to be £61,677 million in 2026-27, an increase of 1.3 per cent relative to 2025-26.
Scottish Government Bonds and Investing in Ourselves March 2026
Author / Creator: William Thomson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
Why the Scottish Government must pause the wholesale bond programme and reevaluate the issuance to consider funding investment from within Scotland.
How will next SNP government tackle fiscal mess left by this one?
Author / Creator: John McLaren
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
A weary government’s major ‘achievement’ has been to hide the cuts coming down the line
Setting the scene: Scotland on the eve of the 2026 Election
Author / Creator: João Sousa
Media type: Report
Date published: 2026
Analysis of public finance issues for the 2026 election.
UK Government betrays Scotland with massive cuts to post-EU funding
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
Jobs are being lost, growth is being slowed, communities are struggling - whilst England gets a better deal.
On the Problem with Scotland’s Future Bond Plans
Author / Creator: William Thomson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
The Scottish Government’s decision to issue a wholesale bond is guaranteed to create all the wrong headlines at exactly the wrong time.
Scottish Government Bonds and Investing in Ourselves
Author / Creator: William Thomson
Media type: Working paper
Date published: 2026
The wholesale Scottish government bond programme will result in approximately £170 million leaking out of the Scottish economy.
GERS and what it tells us about the de-prioritisation of health spending in Scotland
Author / Creator: John McLaren
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Where exactly is Scottish spending per capita higher than for the UK as a whole.
Independence, GERS and how not to have a debate
Author / Creator: ohn McLaren
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
The fiscal deficit in Scotland is over £2,500 per person higher than it is for the UK average.
Scottish Public Spending Dashboard December 2025
Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
The dashboard shows the increasing stress on the Scottish budget over just a few years.
The UK budget FAILS Scotland
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
The UK budget keeps Scotland in a trap.
Still spinning plates: the 2025 Scottish Budget
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
The extra money from the UK that has gone into this year’s Scottish Budget has largely been accounted for in terms of public sector pay deals and reserved tax rises applied to those wages ...
Debt dramas Putting the public finances in context ahead of general election 2024
Author / Creator: Charlie McCurdy
Media type: Briefing Paper
Date published: 2024
In recent years, our national preoccupation with fiscal policy has been amplified by an unprecedented peace-time rise in public debt
How we set policy baselines
Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
A policy baseline is the set of values we include in our forecast covering all policy aspects of the tax
and social security systems. This includes factors such as tax and social security rates, thresholds,
payment amounts, eligibility criteria and implementation timings.
Debt Dramas
Author / Creator: Charlie McCurdy
Media type: Report
Date published: 2024
£19 billion of cuts to unprotected departmental spending – from Justice to Local Government – [are] pencilled in for after the [20214] election
Fiscal Sustainability Perspectives: Climate Change
Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission
Media type: Report
Date published:
This report considers the potential effects on Scottish public finances from damage created by climate change; the costs of adapting to a changing environment and taking action to meet Scotland’s statutory emissions targets to reach net-zero by 2045.
What Kilts Might Reveal: A Discussion of Scottish Government Bonds Part 2
Author / Creator: Iain Hardie
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
Independent governments in countries similar to Scotland rely overwhelmingly on borrowing in their own currency
The Turkey that Voted for Christmas (Twice): How Poor Negotiation of the Fiscal Settlement has Failed Scotland
Author / Creator: Jim Cuthbert
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
The new fiscal review has been conducted in secrecy and without significant consultation with the Scottish Government.