Thursday, 28 January 2016

Why we shouldn't forget the Barnett Formula

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While the political temperature is rising over the fiscal framework negotiations, let’s not forget the Barnett Formula. The fiscal fram...
Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Shifting The Curve will mean shifting away from cuts

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  The   Shifting the Curve report on tackling poverty, written by the First Minister’s Independent adviser on Poverty and Inequality...
Monday, 25 January 2016

Good News on Jobs? Aye, well, sort of.....

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“Record Numbers in work said the headlines .   The Office for National Statistics said 21,000 more Scots were in work, compared with the p...
Friday, 22 January 2016

The Council Tax freeze debate favours a thaw

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The Council Tax freeze has come under a lot of analysis since Moray Council stuck their heads over the parapet. Much of it is supportive of...
Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Another Year Another Massive IT System Overspend.

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The new NHS 24 IT system is now £41.6m over budget and far from complete. The Public Audit Committee (of the Scottish Parliament) is unsurp...
Thursday, 14 January 2016

Taking the high road to better work

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The Scottish Government can support good quality employment by ‘blocking the low-road’ for employers and ‘paving the high-road’ towards an ...
Monday, 11 January 2016

Valuing the social care workforce

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Social care is delivered by people, informal carers and workers, not robots. This means improving the quality of care in Scotland has to se...