This work follows the connection between the headline figure and the lived consequence. It asks how tax, spending, investment and regulation shape the capacity of Scotland’s public services and economy.
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The focus includes fiscal credibility, public services, work and productivity, infrastructure, inequality and the practical delivery of policy. It does not treat the economy as a technical backdrop to politics; economic choices determine the range of political choices that remain possible.
A policy is more than its intention. It is its funding, delivery model, timescale and distributional effect.