Social Bridging Finance
02/07/2024The Christie Commission’s roadmap for public service reform published back in 2011 continues to challenge public service providers. Public Services…
Collaboration: the way forward for Scotland’s councils
15/05/2024Scotland’s local authorities do not have the capacity or capability to deliver the essential services our citizens need. That is…
Net Zero – Moving the Target
26/04/2024The political impact of the Scottish Government's decision last week to drop its 2030 climate change target hit home yesterday…
The tangled web of social security – Jeremy Balfour MSP
25/01/2024Social Security in Scotland is broken. There is no way to look at the outcomes that we are currently seeing…
License to drill – Stuart Paton
02/10/2023Last week, the UK government sanctioned one of the largest undeveloped oil fields in the UK- the Rosebank field with…Where is energy in the Programme for Government? – Stuart Paton
07/09/2023On the same day that the First Minister announced his Programme for Government, the British Prime Minister announced an end…Procurement : a provocation The wrong tool for the wrong job? – Helen Chambers
26/06/2023We are currently in the eye of a perfect storm in providing services for our communities, be that within public,…Domestic policies deter people from moving to Scotland – Roy Leckie
15/06/2023It is hopefully understood by all politicians in Scotland, if not yet by most of the wider public, that Scotland…
How can Scotland attract more migrants – Heather Rolfe
14/06/2023Migrants’ own decisions are the missing piece in Scotland’s migration puzzleLast Wednesday the Welcoming Committee for Hong Kongers, which is…The Nuclear Option – Stuart Paton
01/06/2023The well attended All Energy Conference took place in Glasgow a couple of weeks ago- a wide range of keynote…
Scotland’s independent think tank
Scotland’s independent think tank
Scotland’s independent think tank
