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As more councils in Scotland declare a housing emergency, our April 2024 briefing examines the state of housing in Scotland and what can be done to tackle the crisis. 1.5 million people in Scotland are… Read More »The Housing Crisis and Landlordism

In the context of the Scottish Budget for the coming year, Audit Scotland and the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) have been looking at the finances of NHS Scotland. This has led to further calls… Read More »Health & Care: Finance, Workforce and Reform

Recent surveys indicate that pay settlements may fall following calls from the Bank of England to restrain wages. In this briefing, we look at some of the key issues for Scotland. The STUC analysis of… Read More »Pay in Scotland

In the Guardian last year, George Monbiot highlighted how many chemicals being spread as sewage sludge on agricultural land are untested or can’t be assessed. About a third of the 350,000 registered synthetic chemicals are… Read More »Monitoring Waste Water on Agricultural Land

Embargo – 01:00 Tuesday 6 February The outline case for devolving employment law has been made by a wide range of organisations in Scotland, from political parties to trade unions and anti-poverty organisations. In a… Read More »Devolving Employment Legislation

From next month (4 December 2023), local transport authorities (LTAs) in Scotland will have the power to explore the bus partnership and franchising powers contained in the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019. Also included with the… Read More »On the Buses

The Jimmy Reid Foundation has published a paper prompted by the Scottish Government’s consultation proposals to introduce a Human Rights Bill for Scotland on devolved matters. In the paper, we accept that the Scottish Government… Read More »A Human Rights Law for Scotland

Following on from the paper ‘Land Reform for the Common Good’, we have met the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, to press the case for an integrated approach to land reform… Read More »Land reform – Open Letter to the Cabinet Secretary

The text of the First Minister’s lecture can be read here. https://www.gov.scot/publications/jimmy-reid-lecture-first-ministers-speech-26-october-2023/ This event programme is available here: The Foundation is delighted to announce that its 2023 annual lecture will be given by the First… Read More »Tenth Annual Jimmy Reid Lecture