On Wednesday 11th January 2017, the Jimmy Reid Foundation gave oral evidence and delivered a written submission to the Scottish Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament to inform its current inquiry ‘Sustainable employment in Scotland’. The Inquiry is examining how… Read More »Reid Foundation Gives Evidence to UK Scottish Affairs Committee
On Wednesday 11th January 2017, the Jimmy Reid Foundation gave oral evidence and delivered a written submission to the Scottish Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament to inform its current inquiry ‘Sustainable employment in Scotland’. The Inquiry is examining how… Read More »Reid Foundation Gives Evidence to UK Scottish Affairs Committee
Independent statistician and economist, Jim Cuthbert, warns the Prudential Code provides Scottish local government with no protection in the coming storm. After the Scottish Government’s tight local government funding settlement in its December 2016 budget,… Read More »The Prudential Code: flimsy fig leaf in the coming storm
Carole Ewart argues human rights are the framework for a fair society A child witness project in Canada evaluated its service after ten years. Respondents, by this time adults, were asked which part of the… Read More »Economic and social rights are human rights
The Scottish Review has featured Jimmy Reid in its online, oral archive of 6th May 2015. ‘Storm the heavens’ was recorded in front of an audience of young people with Jimmy Reid on politics in Scotland. There is… Read More »SR Oral Archive
Glasgow University holds the personal papers of Jimmy Reid. The full reference for the collection is: University of Glasgow Archive Services, Papers of James Reid, GB0248 DC455 The catalogue for the Jimmy Reid collection is available online… Read More »Archive of Jimmy Reid
Glasgow University holds the personal papers of Jimmy Reid. The full reference for the collection is: University of Glasgow Archive Services, Papers of James Reid, GB0248 DC455 The catalogue for the Jimmy Reid collection is available online… Read More »Archive of Jimmy Reid
The People’s Assembly Scotland Against Austerity has a petition against austerity cuts. To find out more go to http://www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/Scotland
The outsourcing of public services provision to private providers has a detrimental impact on the workforce and a knock-on effect on the quality of care, says a new TUC report.
The outsourcing of public services provision to private providers has a detrimental impact on the workforce and a knock-on effect on the quality of care, says a new TUC report.