The Impact of Migrant Children in Glasgow Schools
A new study which examines the impact of migrant children on educational attainment in Glasgow schools has shown many teachers view their impact as positive.
What potential is there for the development of a Savings Fund in a post-independence fiscal landscape
This paper by the Centre for Public Policy for Regions shows that oil related tax revenues would fail to fill the gap left from the loss of Barnett-related UK funding in an independent Scotland.
The trouble(s) with regulation: How do we ‘police’ the public sector?
Mechanisms of accountability designed specifically to measure the effectiveness of public services
Bedroom tax may save less than estimated as tenants move to the private sector
Research into the first five months of the implementation of the Social Rented Sector Size Criterion underoccupation penalty, popularly known as the ‘Bedroom Tax’, suggested ministers may have significantly overestimated the savings it is likely to generate. The analysis – which ran real data collected by four housing associations since April through a model used in…
Public Lecture: What is the Welfare State?
Lecture to explain in clear and simple terms, what the welfare state is, how it works, and why it matters.