Reading Time: 4 minutes The Cabinet Secretary for Finance has announced that the Scottish Government will publish its budget for 2020-21 on 6 February 2020, and introduce the Budget
What has the Scottish Parliament done for equality?
Reading Time: 10 minutes A look at 20 years of equality
SPICe FAQ- What’s all the bus about?
Reading Time: 3 minutes FAQs on National Entitlement Card Travel Schemes
RICs: improving Scottish Education through collaboration?
Reading Time: 8 minutes Blog looking at the development of education Regional Improvement Collaboratives.
ScotRail annual fare increase – Frequently Asked Questions
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog answers some common questions about the annual increase in ScotRail fares.
All I want for Christmas is…
Reading Time: 4 minutes In this blog, SPICe has selected three key elements of “Christmas purchasing” and explored what information is available for those in search of sustainable festive choices.
Sustainable development: weasel words or the heart of policy making…
Reading Time: 10 minutes It’s been over 20 years since sustainable development was to be at the heart of Scottish decision making. Are we making enough progress?
Land Reform at 20 – What does a post-feudal era look like?
Reading Time: 9 minutes A look back at Scotland’s land reform journey since 1999.
A week’s a long time in politics
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog looks at how the political horizon has shifted one week on from the UK general election and explores what the developments mean for Scotland and the UK constitutionally.
‘Transformative’ change, but twin climate and biodiversity emergencies ahead: 20 years of devolved environmental policy
Reading Time: 7 minutes SPICe asked some key figures operating in the environmental sector during this period to set out their thoughts and reflect on achievements made, and outstanding challenges faced by the Scottish Parliament in the devolved area of environmental protection.