Scottish Budget

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 ...


Scottish economy expected to improve after slow growth in 2023

Author / Creator: Mairi Spowage

Media type: Article

Date published:

The economists are forecasting growth of 0.6% in 2024, 1.1% in 2025 and 1.2% in 2026. Whilst these forecasts are slightly weaker than previous forecasts, it still points to improving conditions in the economy over the course of this year.


What is the Scottish Budget Process?

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Document

Date published:

Every year the Scottish Government sets out a plan of how it plans to spend the money it receives from the UK Government and from taxes raised in Scotland


Funding for the Scottish budget

Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission

Media type: Report

Date published: 2021

Each chapter of this report explores a different component of funding. We also explain how our forecasts affect the Scottish Budget.