Kate Wane

The Scotland Bill – so after Monday’s session in the Commons where are we? The most interesting addition to the Bill is the power to... Read more

Taxation With the prospect of new powers over income tax through the Scotland Act 2012 and Scotland Bill 2015-16, SCVO has been... Read more

Kate takes a look at the UK government’s amendments to the Scotland Bill 2015-16 and asks if they deliver all that’s been promised. Read more

We’re crowdsourcing a third sector manifesto and we want your help Read more

Introduction Our starting point is that our economy needs to change. In our discussion paper ‘An Economy for All’ we suggest four... Read more

Kate blogs about this week’s #ScotlandBill event reflecting on what delegates heard from the Secretary of State for Scotland and what... Read more

Context and principles The third sector has a clear view about the principles and purpose of social security policy and delivery... Read more

The Charity Awards highlight the great work of our sector and give much needed, very welcome, recognition of the hard work Scotland’s... Read more

Among the pomp and ceremony of the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday was the announcement of the Scotland Bill 2015. This was followed... Read more

The Impact of Welfare Reform Welfare reform exacerbates ingrained inequalities across a range of groups – combined with austerity and... Read more