Reading Time: 4 minutes At the beginning of February I shared an update to the local government finance settlement at Stage 1 of the Budget Bill 2018-19. The figures
Month: March 2018
Scottish Lobbying Register goes live on Monday 12 March
Reading Time: 3 minutes Lobbying has a long and controversial history. For some, lobbying is synonymous with corruption, impropriety and an imbalance of power between big business interests and
The Scottish Government’s Affordable Housing Supply Target
Reading Time: 3 minutes Increasing the supply of affordable housing is a key policy aim of the Scottish Government. The term “affordable housing” is not well defined but in
Devolved disability benefits: how might entitlement be assessed?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Control over some disability benefits (including personal independence payment (PIP), disability living allowance (DLA) and industrial injuries benefits, amongst others) will soon be devolved to