Category: Health
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The European Commission’s State of the Union – Progress or Not?
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Towards the end of 2024, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was re-appointed to serve a second five-year term. On 10 September 2025,…
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What happened to the Housing (Scotland) Bill at Stage 2?
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The final stage of the Housing (Scotland) Bill (Stage 3) is due to take place on 23 and 24 September 2025. This blog looks at…
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Labour market update: September 2025
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Sources: UK Labour Market: September 2025 and Labour market in the regions of the UK: September 2025 For constituency-level labour market statistics, please visit the…
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Data Protection: Is the UK Moving Away from EU GDPR?
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On 19 June 2025, the UK’s Data Use and Access Act 2025 (DUAA) received Royal Assent. The Act amends provisions in the UK relating to…
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Free personal and nursing care in Scotland
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Free personal and nursing care are two elements of the social care support available in Scotland. SPICe regularly receives enquiries from MSPs and their staff…
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Why no hosepipe bans in Scotland?
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The blog explores why hosepipe bans have not been introduced in Scotland despite increasing water scarcity, detailing the legal and operational differences from England, the…
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Recent developments in food policy across the UK
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This post provides further details on other recent announcements relevant to food policy in Scotland, as well as parallel developments in food policy in the…
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Next steps towards a Good Food Nation – do we have the right plan?
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This guest blog provides background to the development of a National Good Food Nation Plan for Scotland.
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Driving down driving 3
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This post looks at Scottish Government actions to reduce car use since the establishment of, a now abandoned. target to reduce the distance driven by…
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Labour market update: August 2025
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Sources: UK Labour Market: August 2025 and Labour market in the regions of the UK: August 2025 For constituency-level labour market statistics, please visit the…
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Part One of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill – as amended at Stage 2.
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This extended blog summarises the passage of Part 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill to date. It sets out some of the key amendments…
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Intergovernmental activity update: Q2 2025
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SPICe has published a new quarterly intergovernmental activity update, which covers quarter 2 (April to June) of 2025.