As IPPO’s work on fiscal constraint is exploring, pressures on public spending are already extreme, at UK, devolved and local government levels.
Local authorities across the UK face significant funding pressures brought upon by a combination of tight settlements from central government, a lack of elasticity in their tax base, and growing demand for services.
The responsibilities for and impacts of delivering net zero, a just transition for workers and a secure supply of industrial resources transcend sectors, jurisdictions, and scales of policy.
As part of a wider package of work on economic inactivity, IPPO Scotland has conducted a review of policy interventions which seek to address economic inactivity, with a focus on poor health and disability.
