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What further fiscal flexibilities is the Scottish Government considering for councils as they, too, struggle with the latest wave of Westminster austerity? Michelle Thomson has raised important points.
How many school leavers are going to positive destinations? The latest available data, which is from 2019-20, shows that 92.2 per cent of school leavers were in a positive destination nine months after the end of their final school year.
Retrieved from https://fiscalcommission.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Fiscal-Update-August-2025.pdf on 26 August 2025. This Update “considers how recent developments in the economic and fiscal outlook have affected the Scottish Budget in 2025-26 and how they may affect the upcoming 2026-27 Budget and the Spending R...
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/455/contents/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/455/contents/made</a> [accessed 26 July 2017] 2Explanatory Memorandum to the Scotland Act 2016 (Transitional) Regulations 2017.
The Fraser of Allander Institute has stated that it was “near-impossible” for it to calculate the funding position ahead of the 2025-26 budget due to “the lack of a medium-term financial strategy”.
However, the Scottish Government’s ‘Carer Support Payment’ (CSP) and ‘Carer’s Allowance Supplement’ amount to a 26 maximum of £2.66 per hour for essential and skilled care work.