In 2018, the Scottish Government unveiled a £250,000 fund to compensate farmers and crofters for lost stock due to ‘the beast from the east’. This
Tag: International
Prisoner voting in the UK and Scotland – rights vs political reality
Are prisoners allowed to vote in the UK? Although changes are in the pipeline, in the UK the answer is currently ‘no’. UK legislation (the
What do the latest HMRC Regional Trade Statistics tell us about Scotland’s exports? (2017/18)
HMRC publish statistics on the exports of goods for each nation and region of the UK in their Regional Trade Statistics publication. This infographic looks
Scotland’s population statistics for 2017 – a sign of things to come?
On 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
As 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
Guest blog – Migration in post-Brexit Scotland
Dr 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