Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog looks at how the government might weigh up the huge range of varied issues in front of it when charting the course out of lockdown.
Category: People & Communities
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Frequently Asked Questions – Social Care
Reading Time: 17 minutesThis detailed, extended blog post will look at frequently asked questions about social care in relation to coronavirus (COVID-19)
An economy fit for key workers?
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blogpost looks at conditions for “key workers” in the social care and food retail sectors.
Destination unknown: tourism, coronavirus (COVID-19), and getting to reboot
Reading Time: 14 minutesThis blog explores the likely impact of COVID-19 on Scotland’s tourism sector, government support for the tourism sector, and what can be done to reboot Scotland’s tourism economy.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Human Rights
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog considers some of the human rights impacts of the emergency legislation brought in to deal with the coronavirus
New Challenges for a Just Transition? COVID-19 and Green Pathways to Recovery
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog sets out recent developments in approaches to tackling climate change and explores some of the emerging thinking about how economic and societal recovery from the COVID-19 crisis can support decarbonisation.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): How are deaths counted?
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog looks at how deaths during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have been certified, recorded and reported and discusses death rates and excess mortality.
Staying connected: broadband and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog looks at the importance of connectivity, especially broadband, to Scottish households during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill – SPICe Briefing
Reading Time: 32 minutesThis extended blogpost provides briefing for MSPs and other interested parties ahead of parliamentary consideration of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Bill on 1 April 2020.
R100: Moving (slowly) towards superfast broadband
Reading Time: 5 minutesR100 plans to deliver superfast broadband to every home and business in Scotland. This blog looks at recent developments around the R100 programme.