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Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Scottish Government has highlighted around £3 billion of spending per year on policies that help tackle the cost of living. This blog looks at those policies and how spending on them has changed over three years. It also looks at how people’s views of their own household finances have changed over the last two years.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn 19 February 2024, the UK Government made changes to three visa schemes it had established in the wake of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe National Care Service (Scotland) Bill (NCS) has made unsteady progress through its first Parliamentary stage,since its introduction in June 2022. More than 18 months
Reading Time: 9 minutesThis blog explores what the future might hold for marine conservation in Scotland with a focus on how communities and local stakeholders might become more involved in decision making, and the potential role of marine planning.
Reading Time: 10 minutesIntroduction This is the third in a series of land reform blogs. Having previously considered the route to current proposals, and what is being proposed,
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is the second in a series of land reform blogs. It sets out current Scottish Government proposals for land reform. The most significant of
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction In July 2022 the Scottish Government published Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation, a consultation on measures to “address the impact of scale
Reading Time: 9 minutesThis blog gives an update on work to improve public participation in the work of the Scottish Parliament, including a look at the recommendations of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee, as well as detail on next steps and a case study of using a deliberative approach with citizens in the Budget scrutiny process.
Reading Time: 4 minutesEstimated life expectancy in Scotland has fallen again. This blog explores recent changes in life expectancy in Scotland and how this varies across Scotland.
Reading Time: 8 minutesOn 27 September 2023, the Scottish Government published a strategy paper entitled ‘A Warm Scots Future’. The strategy, written in partnership with COSLA and the