Reading Time: 4 minutesEU free movement law gives EU citizens the right to live, work and study in other Member States. One of the big Brexit questions is
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Prisoner voting – the Scottish Government consults on options for change
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn 14 December 2018, the Scottish Government published a consultation with options for giving prisoners the right to vote in local government and Scottish Parliament
Scottish Youth Parliament
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs the Year of Young People draws to a close, this blog explores the role and work of the Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) and highlights
Brexit: Citizens’ Rights
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe UK is set to leave the European Union (EU) on 30 March 2019. The draft Withdrawal Agreement (“the agreement”) of 29 March 2018 contains
Civil Partnerships in Scotland
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe UK Supreme Court recently ruled in the Steinfeld and Keiden case, that the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (2004 Act), which allows civil partnerships for
Guest blog – Attracting migrants to Scotland: research results
Reading Time: 4 minutesDr Paulina Trevena presents the results of a SPICe and University of Glasgow research project: ‘Attracting and retaining migrants in post-Brexit Scotland: is a social
Prisoner voting in the UK and Scotland – rights vs political reality
Reading Time: 4 minutesAre prisoners allowed to vote in the UK? Although changes are in the pipeline, in the UK the answer is currently ‘no’. UK legislation (the
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
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
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