Scotland's experiment in deliberative democracy is its new Citizens’ Assembly. In this public lecture, hosted by Policy Scotland, David Martin, the Co-Convenor of the Assembly, will set out his hopes and aspirations for this innovation.
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Policy Scotland's first lunchtime seminar series was led by Dr Claire Bynner, research team leader at Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland, speaking on Closing the participation gap: developing the mindsets and skills for participatory governance in Scotland.
Participatory governance launches the Policy Scotland lunchtime seminar series
A free public lecture by the former Prime Minister the Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH is the culmination of the 2019 conference on Public Service organised by the John Smith Centre at the University of Glasgow.
John Smith Centre Guest Lecture: The Rt Hon Sir John ...
This guest blog from John H. McKendrick welcomes the Poverty and Inequality Commission’s advice on reducing child poverty and reflects on parts that are specifically relevant to single parent families.
Blog: Single minded? The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act and lone ...
Stephen Sinclair argues that to meet its own ambitious child poverty goals, the Scottish Government must focus public services where they are most needed, and ensure employers play their part.
Blog: Child poverty pledges require bold action to redirect resources
Evan Williams argues that the success of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill will rely on policy initiatives that explicitly target welfare and housing provision.
Blog: Reflecting on the Child Poverty Strategy 2014-2017
Following the passage of the historic Child Poverty (Scotland) Act in November which imposes a requirement on local authorities to tackle poverty, Policy Scotland has provided several reports to support […]
Publication: Reports for the Poverty and Inequality Commission
David Martin MEP is one of the longest serving members of the European parliament where he has served in a number of prominent posts. He was the European Parliament’s rapporteur on […]
Event: David Martin MEP: BREXIT- who is taking back control
Blog on Carnegie UK/Policy Scotland workshop on embedding Dignity and Respect in the Scottish Social Security system Des McNulty The Scottish Government has identified five principles underpinning its approach to […]
Dignity and Respect: workshop on new Social Security arrangements in ...
Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli, Principal of the University of Glasgow We recently marked ten years since the beginning of the worst of the financial crisis – and while the public […]
Only balanced and targeted investment can fix the UK’s imbalanced ...
By Professor Kenneth Gibb, Director of Policy Scotland The upcoming Scottish local government elections are likely to lead to change, not just in the political make-up of councils but also […]
Scotland’s local elections – what to look out for
While we may have entered a new year, with the resignation of Sir Ivan Rogers 2017 in UK politics has begun much the same way 2016 ended – dominated by […]