The First Minister has made eradicating child poverty the defining goal of the five-year Programme for Government. The Scottish Government’s actions so far have achieved significant impact, with the policy package, including the Scottish Child Pay...

Commenting on the climate change section of the Scottish Government's Programme for Government, Hanna Wheatley, Senior Economist at the think tank Future Economy Scotland, said: "The Programme for Government includes some welcome climate change po...

Commenting on the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government, Miriam Brett, Co-Director at the think tank Future Economy Scotland, said: “Aspects of the Programme for Government are commendable. This includes the focus on prevention, expansio...

Commenting on the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s fiscal update published this morning, Hanna Wheatley, Senior Economist at the think tank Future Economy Scotland, said: “Today’s update sets out the key challenge facing the Scottish Government: shor...

Average earnings in Scotland are nearly £17,000 lower than they would have been if wages had grown as normal rather than flatlining following the 2008 financial crisis, new analysis has revealed.   New research published by the non-partisan think ...

The cost of everyday essentials has risen more than twice as fast as wages over the last Scottish Parliament, new analysis shows. New research published by the non-partisan think tank Future Economy Scotland finds that median earnings in Scotland ...

65,000 more Scottish children would be living in relative poverty today if Scotland’s poverty rate matched that of the UK’s, new analysis has revealed.  New research published by the non-partisan think tank Future Economy Scotland finds that: • ...

New research sets out tax reforms to raise over £2 billion a year and put Scotland’s stretched public finances on a sustainable path.   The Scottish Government risks harmful spending cuts unless it makes greater use of its tax powers in the next P...

Commenting on the Scottish Government’s Budget, Laurie Macfarlane, Co-Director of the think tank Future Economy Scotland, said: “Today’s Budget shows how devolution allows Scotland to make different choices on tax. While the UK Budget froze all i...

New report urges Scottish Government to embed Community Wealth Building across all policy areas to tackle deepening inequalities. Future Economy Scotland has today published a new report calling on the Scottish Government to mainstream Community W...