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Scottish Child Payment – who gets it?
Reading time: 5 minutes
While Scottish Child Payment reaches almost every child in poverty, there are even more children above the poverty line who also receive this benefit.
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Intergovernmental activity update: Quarter 2 2024
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SPICe has published a new quarterly intergovernmental activity update, which covers quarter 2 (April to June) of 2024. You can find previous updates on our…
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Climate Change and Scottish Parliament committees: Rural Affairs and Islands Committee – Rural Land Use
Reading time: 8 minutes
This blog is one of a series that illustrate how climate change relates to policy areas covered by each subject committee. With a remit covering…
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Climate change and Scottish Parliament committees: Education, Children and Young People Committee – education estate, post-school education, research and engagement.
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This blog illustrates the links between the remit of the Education, Children and Young People Committee and climate change (focusing on education estate, post-school education,…
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Climate change and Scottish Parliament committees: Education, Children and Young People Committee – policy, curriculum, professional learning and climate anxiety
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This blog illustrates the links between the remit of the Education, Children and Young People Committee and climate change (focusing on policy, curriculum, teacher learning…
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Labour market visual update: July 2024
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Sources: UK Labour Market: July 2024 and Labour market in the regions of the UK: July 2024 For constituency-level labour market statistics, please visit the…
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Post-school reform: One year on from Withers
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A look at progress on post-school reform in the year following publication of the Independent Review of Skills.
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The King’s Speech 2024: What it means for Scotland
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The State Opening of the new UK Parliament took place on Wednesday 17 July 2024. The State Opening marks the start of a Parliamentary session…
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EV Rider
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A post explaining the law around electric bike design and use. With a focus on what is, and isn’t, classed as an electric bike and…
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Hey, you can’t cycle there…except when you can (which probably isn’t obvious)
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A short post outlining where it is, and is not, an offence to cycle in Scotland.
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Artificial intelligence in healthcare: social and ethical challenges
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Scotland’s Artificial Intelligence Strategy aims to promote the use of “trustworthy, ethical and inclusive” AI technologies. This blog discusses some of the ethical and social…
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Climate Change and Scottish Parliament committees: Economy and Fair Work Committee
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This blog looks at how the work of the Scottish Parliament’s Economy and Fair Work Committee is central to the delivery of climate change targets…
