Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog is linked to a post from March 2023, on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and updates on some ley developments since that post.
National Care Service Bill – more than a year on. Where are we now?
Reading Time: 9 minutes This blog provides an update on the status of the National Care Service Bill which was introduced in June 2022.
Licensing of short-term lets
Reading Time: 8 minutes A brief description of key elements of the recently introduced licensing system for short-term lets.
Behavioural responses to changes in Income tax
Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog explains what behavioural responses to income tax changes are, and how they are forecasted by the Scottish Fiscal Commission.
EU-UK relations – developments on the Horizon?
Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog sets out the background to Horizon Europe, why it has taken so long to finalise UK association to it and what association might mean for Scotland.
Guest blog: Not all data and statistics can improve lives – how to tell the good from bad
Reading Time: 5 minutes This guest blog, from Professor Roger Halliday, sets out some of the key questions to ask around data and statistics.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s scrutiny of the NHS at 75 – what are some of the key issues in 2023?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Between March and June 2023, the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee heard from all of the territorial health boards in Scotland to find out what the key issues facing the NHS are. This blog summarises some of the themes raised.
King Charles III’s visit to Scotland
Reading Time: 3 minutes King Charles III’s coronation took place on 6 May 2023. After a coronation, it is custom for a monarch to visit Scotland, Wales, and Northern
Spain’s presidency of the Council of the European Union
Reading Time: 5 minutes Spain will assume the presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) on 1 July 2023. This blog explains what the Council of the
Community Councils at 50 – the forgotten front-line of democracy?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Fifty years ago, the Local Government (Scotland) Act created community councils, in order to provide a ‘bridge’ between communities and local authorities. In May 2023, the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee held an evidence session to both celebrate this milestone and to hear from a range of community councils about what difference they make in their communities.