The European General Product Safety Regulation – new rules for UK exporters
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog provides information on the new European General Product Safety Regulation which came into force on 13 December 2024. The blog has been produced in response to SPICe...
View ArticleGuest blog: How can the Scottish Parliament improve its public consultations?
Reading Time: 8 minutes This blog provides an overview of Marie Bruyndonckx’s masters dissertation, which was co-supervised by the University of Edinburgh and SPICe. It compares the public...
View ArticleFurther Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) Budget 2025-26
Reading Time: 7 minutes A look at the 2025-26 Budget allocations for Scotland's colleges and universities. Continue reading
View ArticleDomestic abuse and civil law – an update for 2025
Reading Time: 7 minutes When we think about the law on domestic abuse, we often think about criminal offences and the role of the criminal courts in bringing perpetratorsContinue reading
View ArticleThe new Scottish Ministerial Code
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog provides an overview of the Ministerial Code, highlights the recent changes – including two significant updates to the role of the independent advisers on the...
View ArticleLabour market update: January 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minute Sources: UK Labour Market: January 2025 and Labour market in the regions of the UK: January 2025 For constituency-level labour market statistics, please visit the...
View ArticleNational Care Service Update: September 2024 – January 2025
Reading Time: 10 minutes The story of the National Care Service Bill so far, and news of a (possibly) surprising ending. This blog will consider what has happened overContinue reading
View ArticleScottish Government responses to pre-Budget scrutiny: all smiles, no substance?
Reading Time: 8 minutes This blog looks back at the recommendations made by committees during pre-budget scrutiny 2025-26 and the impact of committee scrutiny on the Scottish Budget 2025-26.Continue...
View ArticleThe 2025-26 Budget in 10 charts
Reading Time: 2 minutes This blog summarises some of the main points emerging from the 2025-26 Scottish Budget, which was published on 4 December 2024. For more detail and context, take a look at the...
View ArticleIntergovernmental activity update: Q4 2024
Reading Time: < 1 minute SPICe has published a new quarterly intergovernmental activity update, which covers quarter 4 (October to December) of 2024.Continue reading
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