Today, the Office for National Statistics published new figures on government revenues, spending and borrowing.

How have public sector pay and employment changed in Scotland in recent years and what are the implications of those changes?

We borrowed and spent more than other countries to respond to the pandemic and the sharp rise in energy prices two years ...

Lars Nesheim is a Professor of Economics at UCL and Co-Director of the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap). After obtaining his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2001, he worked for ...

At just under £8 billion, spending on schools and childcare is the second-largest area of public service spending in Scotland, behind spending on health. While councils rather than the Scottish ...

The Scottish Government has pledged to keep teacher numbers at their 2023 level for the foreseeable future. Delivering this in a world of falling pupil numbers would mean smaller class sizes, but ...