Policy blog

Let’s not get complacent about equality and human rights. A new online resource can help keep us right. Read more

The outcomes of our economic and political system are too often misaligned with what we as people and communities want and need and what our planet requires to survive. Read more

Johann Lamont's big conference speech was rhetorically impressive but does local government really equal community empowerment? Read more

Whether someone is in work or unable to work, they should have access to a decent income that lets them live with dignity. Read more

Can the Tories make the case for the Union while fending off attacks on Westminster policy? Read more

Is Holyrood functioning well? Yesterday’s Procurement Reform Bill session would suggest not, but changes are afoot. Read more

Living on benefits can happen to anyone at any time and it should not be frowned upon by anyone. Read more

Following SCVO’s event on a new economic model at The Gathering, economist and author Stewart Lansley argues that economies built around poverty wages and huge corporate surpluses are unsustainable. Read more

In the race for economic growth we have forgotten about people and communities. Read more

The housing outlook for tens of thousands of people is bleak. That it need not be makes it doubly tragic. Read more