Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks at a recent Court of Session case on whether it is legal to change the locks of asylum seekers when their asylum claims are refused
Month: September 2019
Guest blog – What might the Prime Minister’s immigration proposals mean for Scotland?
Reading Time: 5 minutes This guest blog explores post-Brexit immigration proposals, and what this might mean for Scotland
Parliament has not been prorogued – the Supreme Court judgment
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks at the reasons for the UK Supreme Court deciding that the prorogation of the UK Parliament was “unlawful, null and of no effect”.
How to count to net-zero: Part 2
Reading Time: 5 minutes How can we know if Scotland’s public spending today will deliver Scotland’s climate targets in 2030 and beyond?
A (woolly) mammoth task? The Climate Change Bill before Stage 3
Reading Time: 5 minutes What’s in the Climate Bill? On 25 September 2019, the Scottish Parliament will consider the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) Scotland Bill at Stage 3.
Scotland on the international stage
Reading Time: 9 minutes This blog examines how the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Executive and then Scottish Government have engaged internationally over the last twenty years.
Homelessness in Scotland: Extending the unsuitable accommodation order
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog examines the impact of extending the unsuitable accommodation order for homeless people.
The Court of Session’s decision that proroguing Parliament was unlawful
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks at the reasons given by the Court of Session for deciding that the current prorogation of the UK Parliament is unlawful. The
Drug-related deaths in 2018
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog examines the latest drug-related deaths statistics in Scotland.
The household savings ratio and what this means for the economy
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog explains recent trends in household savings in Scotland