Reading Time: 4 minutes HMRC have published data on trade for the first quarter of 2021. This allows us to see how Scottish exports have changed between the first
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Guest blog: Addressing vaccine hesitancy among the Polish community in Scotland
Reading Time: 4 minutes This guest blog presents early findings from a major new University of Glasgow-led study on the impacts of COVID-19 on migrant essential workers.
Health and social care: who pays, who decides?
Reading Time: 6 minutes The UK government recently announced plans to increase taxes to pay for health and social care in England. This blog explores the implications for Scotland.
Programme for Government 2021-22: A fairer, greener Scotland?
Reading Time: 13 minutes This blog provides a summary of the PFG, and in particular picks out areas that will be of particular interest to MSPs and the Parliament over the next year.
Health and Social Care integration Part 2: Have data gaps been addressed?
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog will investigate localities’ health data. Localities are the smaller areas that make up the geographies of integration authorities.
Health and Social Care integration Part 1: Are Integration Authorities successfully integrating?
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog will explore the progress of health and social care integration. It will evaluate this progress against the core suite of integration indicators and summarise progress since 2019.
Removing the Universal Credit uplift: what will be the effect on Scottish households?
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog looks at the impact on Scottish households of the planned removal of the Universal Credit uplift.
Can hydrogen drive Scotland to net-zero? Part 2: What are Scotland’s hydrogen energy plans?
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog outlines how the Scottish Government plans to use hydrogen energy to decarbonise key sectors on the path to net-zero emissions by 2045. This
Can hydrogen drive Scotland to net-zero? Part 1: What is hydrogen energy?
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog outlines what hydrogen energy is, how it is produced and how it may be used to decarbonise key energy-intensive sectors. It is recommended
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Protection levels
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog provides a high-level summary of the protection levels and the current restrictions across Scotland.