Live Dashboard: post-scottish-budget-dashboard.vercel.app
An interactive dashboard analysing the impact of the Scottish Budget 2026–27 on living standards, poverty, and local areas across Scotland. Built by PolicyEngine.
This dashboard examines how the budget measures announced by Finance Secretary Shona Robison on 13 January 2026 affect:
- Living Standards — Household income projections comparing pre-budget forecasts with post-budget impacts
- Poverty — Changes in poverty rates (absolute/relative, before/after housing costs) by age group
- Local Areas — Constituency-level impacts across Scotland's 57 Westminster constituencies
- Interactive D3.js line charts with historical data and PolicyEngine projections
- Toggle between nominal and real (inflation-adjusted) values
- Filter poverty data by type (absolute/relative, BHC/AHC) and age group
- Constituency selector with regional filtering
- Regional comparison charts showing average household gains
- Responsive design following PolicyEngine's design system
- React 19
- Vite
- D3.js (custom line charts)
- Recharts (bar charts)
- Vercel (deployment)
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Run development server
npm run dev
# Build for production
npm run build- Historical data: ONS Gross Disposable Household Income, Scottish Government poverty statistics
- Projections: PolicyEngine UK microsimulation model with Family Resources Survey data reweighted to Scottish constituencies
MIT