Monday, 30 November 2015
Scottish pension funds and infrastructure investment
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MSP’s have highlighted today how local government pension funds could make a useful contribution to infrastructure in Scotland. The Scottis...
Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Health and social care funding pressures
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The NHS and publicly funded adult social care will account for £157bn of public spending across the UK in 2015/16 – equivalent to 8.4% of gr...
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Time to look again at Police Scotland's budget
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There needs to be a root and branch look at Police Scotland’s budget next year. We can no longer paper over the cracks caused by badly mana...
Friday, 13 November 2015
Eliminating fuel poverty by Nov 2016? I think not.
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Given the short term thinking that bedevils much political thinking, we can be forgiven for looking cynically at government targets that st...
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Bad news on the economy and Tax Credit cuts will make it worse.
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The Scottish economy is slowing and cuts to tax credits for low paid workers won't help. Strathclyde University’s Fraser of Allander In...
Monday, 9 November 2015
Extending the Scottish Living Wage through procurement - vital in social care
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A new UNISON Scotland Briefing has been published explaining how public bodies can use procurement to extend the Scottish Living Wage t...
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Under Pressure
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Today’s report by the Institute of Civil Engineers suggesting the introduction of road tolls to fund repairs highlights the impact of fun...
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