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Supporting Scotland's vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

Evidence library

Re-thinking Welfare: Fair, Personal & Simple

The Expert Working Group on Welfare was asked to consider the principles which could underpin the welfare system in an independent Scotland. We also considered, in broad terms, the policy propositions for working-age benefits that could be pursued by Governments in an independent Scotland and, where relevant, the implications such policies might have for cost and delivery. The Report is designed to stimulate debate for everyone in Scotland as they consider their future and the shape their welfare system might take. The work builds on the Group?s first report, published in June 2013, which focused on what Scotland would inherit and the transitional priorities for change in the event of independence. The report includes almost 40 recommendations for change, based on the three high-level principles: Fair, Personal and Simple.

Last modified on 6 June 2017