Today the Scottish Government launched its new public procurement guidance to promote fair work.,hardly the revelation that we’d been hoping for back when we first started work on what became the Procurement

But will this translate into higher wages for people here in Scotland?,When the Procurement Reform Bill was going through parliament, we argued that the living wage should,be part of the Bill, with all public contracts forced to pay the living wage.,But for now, in Scotland, we’ve missed our chance to build this into legislation.,Three, Scottish Government should use the new EU Directive on Public Procurement to make payment of the

John Downie blogs on the failings of the Procurement Bill to include the Living Wage and to help people,and communities.