Scotland and the wellbeing con
Robin McAlpine A local authority gets the ‘public policy is all about the wellbeing economy now’ memo. That means it now needs to come up …
Month: October 2023
The Destitution Generation
Craig Dalzell “Destitution is no longer a rare occurrence in the UK. Around 1.8 million households experienced destitution in the UK at some point over …
That’s (Virtually) Life
Nicola Biggerstaff It is now common knowledge just how much harm social media has caused: from political instability, to violence, to a surge in diagnoses …
Understanding Age-Friendly Cities
Bill Johnston Bill Johnston discusses his recent trip to Poland for a conference on information literacy at which he presented ideas from his book for …
They Think It’s All Over…
Nicola Biggerstaff This week it was revealed that that average wage growth has overtaken the rate of inflation for the first time in two years, …
Slush fund government has failed
Robin McAlpine The First Minister has announced £300 million to clear the backlog in accident and emergency (which was of course actually £100 million, but …
The Young Teams of Scotland
Kaitlin Dryburgh You see a thug, I see someone in need. Those are the sentiments of Graeme Armstrong a reformed gang member who now shines …
This Is Not Local Democracy
Craig Dalzell I started writing this column before Humza Yousaf’s keynote speech on Tuesday but while the main topic is only partially related, I couldn’t …
Labour’s PR Dilemma
Stuart Donald Labour’s victory in the Rutherglen by-election could not have a been better launch pad for their final party conference before the General Election. …
Funding Soundbites
Marion MacLeod The Scottish Government recently published its evaluation of the ‘Whole Family Wellbeing Fund’ one of its latest tranches of funding for small, time-limited …