Independent Budget Review - 29/07/2010

The Scottish Government today published the Independent Budget Review: the report of Scotland's Independent Budget Review Panel - July 2010.

The report sets out a series of public spending options that are intended for consideration by the Scottish Government and Parliament. Its purpose is to present an "informed and dispassionate view" of:

• the scale of the expenditure challenge that Scotland is facing over the coming years, in light of forecast reductions in public spending;
• the implications of this challenge for the patterns of public spending which have developed since the establishment of the Scottish Parliament; and
• the practical options which may be available to those – in Parliament and in central and local government – who will determine how the Scottish Budget is to be spent in the next Spending Review period and beyond.

The full report is available for download in PDF format at the below Scottish Government website link:

Website: www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/919/0102335.pdf