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📢 NEW: Scotland’s Budget Report for 2024 📢 Today, we publish our report on Scottish Government's 2025-26 Budget. With limited fiscal flexibility and public sector pay pressures, the challenges are sharper than ever. Read it here: buff.ly/416qRRa

Our initial reaction to the Scottish Budget: a statement with an eye on the election, but announcements without costs attached and no accounting for the increase in NICs are risky - and make us wonder if any lessons on financial planning have been learned buff.ly/4giO0nJ

Some more reaction to the Scottish Budget, as we look at the affordable housing budget announcements and what we have learned from the tax strategy. Read more below: buff.ly/3OFjUyW

More on the Scottish Budget - a reflection on what the Scottish Budget means for Homelessness, Child Poverty, Employability and Social Care buff.ly/49rbVPM

🎧 New podcast episode 🎧 Mairi Spowage and João Sousa join Jack Williamson to chat about the latest economic data, Scottish Budget Report, and year ahead. Allison Catalano, Hannah Randolph, & Benjamin Cooper join to discuss the FAI’s 2024 highlights buff.ly/4gkd0vs

Follow the link to read our discussion of the decision to mitigate the two-child limit, other devolved social security decisions, and how they relate to fiscal sustainability in Scotland. buff.ly/40GTaDW

The Fraser of Allander is 50 this year! Read on for our plans to celebrate this milestone, and enjoy our retro 80s logo... buff.ly/3CYhYiX

🎧 New podcast episode 🎧 Ever heard us talk about Barnett consequentials and wanted to know more? João Sousa and Hannah Randolph discuss how the Barnett formula works and what it means for devolved fiscal policy in our latest episode. fraserofallander.org/podcast-what-i…

Research by UofG Arts & Humanities Fraser of Allander Institute reveals that innovative tax and benefits policies could dramatically improve financial security for UK screen industry freelancers – and potentially reverse a worrying exodus of talent from the sector. Read more ➡️ gla.ac/43orK91

Join us for our webinar on child poverty in Scotland and its relationship with health inequality. This will be chaired by Emma Congreve and also feature contributions from Fraser of Allander Institute economists Chirsty McFadyen and Hannah Randolph. eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-future-at-…

Next week, we'll find out if Scotland has hit its interim child poverty targets. We've been working away behind the scenes and will have some reports and reflections out next week. For now, what are we looking our for in the stats? Read more here: fraserofallander.org/will-scotland-…

How can Scotland meet its child poverty targets? Our latest report models the size of the challenge and shows the impact of policy packages to reach the targets by 2030/31. Read more: buff.ly/3lsPcfx

New research published today by Fraser of Allander Institute finds that meeting the Scottish Government’s targets for reducing child poverty will require additional investment, but targeted interventions to help the poorest families could make a significant difference. Read more:

DWP is using a sleight of hand in its disability benefit cuts impact assessment: Actual increase in poverty is closer to 400,000, not the 250,000 in the impact assessment. Quick thread explaining why. 🧵1/7

The stats this morning show 22% relative child poverty, down from 26% last year - but not by enough to meet the 18% interim target. More from us later - in the meantime, read our blog for more on how Scottish Child Payment is captured in survey data 👇

New blog out discussing the latest child poverty stats, including how close Scotland came to meeting the interim targets and what we're looking out for next.

New podcast out today reflecting on what comes next after Scotland missed its interim child poverty targets. Featuring Chris Birt from Joseph Rowntree Foundation with our own Chirsty McFadyen and Hannah Randolph buff.ly/1LT9pz2

Chris Birt Joseph Rowntree Foundation To learn more, join FAI economists Hannah Randolph and Chirsty McFadyen at Scottish Health Equity Research Unit's webinar tomorrow! Follow the link to register by the end of the day. buff.ly/eiwzgOg