Reading Time: 5 minutesLast week (23rd May) the Scottish Government brought forward a Bill to keep Scotland at the “forefront of global ambition” on climate change. So, what
Category: People & Communities
Family law is under review
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 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
Grandparents’ rights
Reading Time: 4 minutesDivorce 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 minutesSPICe 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 minutesOn 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 minutesAs 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 minutesTomorrow 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 minutesWhen 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 minutesNext 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 minutesDr 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