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
Our latest briefing looks at the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government for the coming year. We focus on some of the commitments in relation to the Jimmy Reid Foundation’s work in these areas. While we… Read More »Programme for Government
The Scottish Government has determined that Scotland will become a Fair Work Nation by 2025. A major new report for the Jimmy Reid Foundation assesses Fair Work and union representatives’ experiences and recommends further action.… Read More »Assessing Fair Work in Scotland