Reading Time: 3 minutes The Scottish Government’s consultation on family law, a document of potentially great significance to Scottish children and their parents, was published last week. It received
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Grandparents’ rights
Reading Time: 4 minutes Divorce and family breakdown can be very difficult for all involved. But an issue that is all too often overlooked is the situation which can
SPICe FAQ – Repairs in Private Rented Property
Reading Time: 3 minutes SPICe receives many enquiries about repairs to private rented property. This blog post is aimed at answering some FAQs about the repairing standard. It also
Scotland’s population statistics for 2017 – a sign of things to come?
Reading Time: 5 minutes On 19 April, National Records of Scotland published the annual population statistics up to the end of June 2017. The top line from the statistics
Guest Blog – The National Performance Framework
Reading Time: 4 minutes As with all guest blogs, what follows are the views of the author, Jennifer Wallace, Head of Policy at the Carnegie UK Trust, and not those
Minimum pricing for alcohol – a frequently asked question
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tomorrow the Health and Sport Committee is due to consider the secondary legislation which will bring minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol into effect. This
The Fairer Scotland Duty
Reading Time: 4 minutes When the First Minister set out the priorities for the next five years of government, she said that the Scottish Government would commence the socio-economic
What’s been happening with social housing rents?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Next week, at the start of the new financial year, Scotland’s 610,000 social housing tenants will begin paying a new rent for their home. Over
Guest blog – Migration in post-Brexit Scotland
Reading Time: 4 minutes Dr Paulina Trevena introduces a SPICe and University of Glasgow research project ‘Attracting and retaining migrants in post-Brexit Scotland: is a social integration strategy the
What is next for the Scottish Crown Estate?
Reading Time: 5 minutes In the midst of a period of substantial constitutional debate and change, one significant piece of devolution has been (relatively) quietly underway. The devolution of