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Examples include loans from credit unions, or buy now, pay later arrangements (which are not currently regulated, although the UK Government plans to change this).
Private landlords were exempted from a reduction in capital gains tax rates introduced by the 2016 UK Government budget.
The rationalisation for these reforms appears to have been driven by Bank of England concerns that buy-to-let landlords were outbidding potential first-time...
Executive Summary
This is the seventeenth in a series of SPICe briefings covering the negotiations on the future relationship between the EU and the UK.
The Scottish Government told SPICe (May 2021) that it was not clear at that time what role it would play in the assessment of bids, other than assuring UK Government that there is no duplication of funding.
Public sector pay
As highlighted in the SPICe Blog “Winter has come: what to look out for in this week’s Scottish budget”, public sector pay was an area which many were looking at with interest.
Committee reports
Date published:
11 December 2020
The Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF) emphasised the opportunities from the UK being an 'independent coastal state' to increase the share of catch caught by UK boats in UK waters.
SPICe Fact Sheet Duilleagan Fiosrachaidh SPICe Ministerial Statements: Session 7 This Fact Sheet provides a list of ministerial statements made by Scottish Government Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers in the Scottish Parliament during ...