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An initial response to the Scottish Budget
Our initial response to the Scottish Government’s budget for 2025-26. David Phillips, an associate director and head of ...
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How can we make government more productive?
How can the public sector do more with less? We explore productivity trends, government reform and lessons from private ...
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Inheritance tax and farms
Budget brought some agricultural property into inheritance tax. What are the changes? Who will be affected? Were they a good ...
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The UK Budget has improved the Scottish funding outlook, but tough choices loom down the line
Changes in funding up to the Autumn Budget Revision (ABR), published on 2 October (before the UK Government’s Autumn Budget) ...
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Buying a home in London in your twenties is difficult, but not impossible
Foregoing a degree for an apprenticeship, saving during Covid and being born and bred in the capital have helped. With ...
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Local Government Finance Policy Statement: an initial response
The government has today published a policy statement outlining its plans for local government funding in England.
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Changes in marital sorting: theory and evidence from the US
Measuring how assortative matching differs between two economies is difficult, we show how the use of different measures can ...
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NHS recovery in Scotland is lagging behind England’s
Healthcare is the Scottish Government’s largest area of spending. The NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care budget is planned to be £20.6 billion this year, around one-third of the total Scottish ...