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We have drawn on our recent audit work and other sources to highlight relevant issues to the Committee. 4. The SPICe Briefing on the Scottish Budget 2025-26 highlighted concerns about the Scottish government’s budget analysis last year.
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Date published:
18 November 2025
Access to improved data sets that measure the impact of policies over time will be especially important as successive governments and parliaments seek to analyse the impact of social security, especially with regards to tackling child poverty.
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In order to expedite the next climate change plan we ask the Scottish Government to consider laying a draft of the plan at the same time as it lays regulations setting out carbon budget targets, rather than laying the regulations first and the draft plan only after they are agreed.
Previously, our rate was higher than the UK’s. Our economic inactivity rate was higher for quite a long time, but it has been on a downward trend and has now gone below the UK rate.