Reading Time: 4 minutes The latest statistics show that Scotland is far from achieving its child poverty targets.
Category: Equalities
Suicide deaths in Scotland
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Equalities Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is currently running an inquiry looking at the Scottish Government and COSLA’s Suicide Prevention Strategy 2022-2032. The Committee’s Call for Views is open until 29 March 2024. This blog provides some background information on suicide rates and sociodemographic inequalities.
Below Average Resources – new poverty measure
Reading Time: 9 minutes The UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is developing a new poverty measure called Below Average Resources (BAR) that closely reproduces the Social Metrics Commission’s measure. BAR aims to address issues with existing poverty measures by refining income definition, accounting for inescapable costs, and stabilizing the poverty line. The new measure shows varied impacts on different demographic groups and is currently undergoing an analytical consultation.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill – Reconsideration Stage
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog provides background on the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Life Expectancy in Scotland
Reading Time: 4 minutes Estimated life expectancy in Scotland has fallen again. This blog explores recent changes in life expectancy in Scotland and how this varies across Scotland.
Displaced people from Ukraine in Scotland – what is the long-term plan?
Reading Time: 8 minutes On 27 September 2023, the Scottish Government published a strategy paper entitled ‘A Warm Scots Future’. The strategy, written in partnership with COSLA and the
Guest blog – Disability Employment in Scotland: Initial Findings
Reading Time: 8 minutes This guest blog is from the Fraser of Allander Institute, working with SPICe on an academic fellowship to explore the disability employment gap in Scotland.
The 2023-24 Programme for Government – three missions: “equality, opportunity and community”
Reading Time: 24 minutes This blog provides a summary and analysis of the 2023-24 Programme for Government.
Long COVID: where are we now?
Reading Time: 6 minutes SPICe first published a blog on long COVID, Long COVID in June 2021. Since then, the numbers of people in Scotland reporting having long COVID has increased from 79,000 to 175,000, This blog provides the answers to some frequently asked questions on long COVID.
Court ruling on the revised guidance of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018
Reading Time: 6 minutes A look at Court of Session ruling on Judicial Review of the revised statutory guidance produced by the Scottish Ministers under section 7 of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018.