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Some home truths for ministers on Scottish housing crisis

OPINION 1 September 2025 by Aoife Deery

Social Justice & Poverty

Regeneration & Housing

New publication shows worrying rise in arrears

https://tfn.scot/opinion/some-home-truths-for-ministers-on-scottish-housing-crisis

Public service reform must include ending public debt

OPINION 22 June 2026 by David Hilferty

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Regeneration & Housing

David Hilferty: we need to move to a prevention-based model

https://tfn.scot/opinion/public-service-reform-must-include-ending-public-debt

Feeling the strain – Scotland's mental health

OPINION 16 October 2020 Guest post

Social Justice & Poverty

Health & Social Care

Regeneration & Housing

#NeverMoreNeeded

Coronavirus

mental health

SAMH

Jo Anderson argues more than six months of Coronavirus has exposed the holes in Scotland's faltering mental health system just when it is Never More Needed

https://tfn.scot/opinion/feeling-the-strain-scotlands-mental-health

Their vision of the future and ours: they are not the same

OPINION 22 October 2020 by Graham Martin

Management

Social Justice & Poverty

TFN editor Graham Martin says we must not allow Johnson and the UK Tory government to appropriate Build Back Better

https://tfn.scot/opinion/their-vision-of-the-future-and-ours-they-are-not-the-same

It’s time to pull out all the stops for charity trustees

OPINION 2 November 2020 by Alastair Keatinge

Management

#NeverMoreNeeded

Alastair Keatinge says strong trustees have never been needed more - and that they need proper support

https://tfn.scot/opinion/its-time-to-pull-out-all-the-stops-for-charity-trustees

Outlander author condemns “insane” windfarm plans

NEWS 30 April 2015 by Rab Armour

Environment & International

Writer calls for opposition to windfarm development in area of scenic beauty

https://tfn.scot/news/author-condemns-insane-windfarm-threat

Back pay claim rocks major social care charity

NEWS 1 May 2015 by Graham Martin

Health & Social Care

1 comment

A major social care charity has been accused of failing to stump up hundreds of pounds in back pay it owes staff

https://tfn.scot/news/richmond-fellowship-rocked-by-pay-dispute

PIP: A step too far

OPINION 21 June 2018 Guest post

Health & Social Care

Keith Robson calls for major changes to PIP - starting with an end to the 20 meter rule.

https://tfn.scot/opinion/pip-a-step-too-far

The world is burning – and action is needed now

OPINION 7 August 2018 Guest post

Environment & International

1 comment

Caroline Rance says simultaneous environmental disasters are a dire warning sign

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-world-is-burning-and-action-is-needed-now

The cost of care - who is really paying for Scotland’s social care system?

OPINION 9 November 2018 Guest post

Health & Social Care

Martin Johnstone argues that failing to fund social care organisations to pay the Scottish Living Wage is a moral failure for the care of our most vulnerable

https://tfn.scot/opinion/the-cost-of-care-who-is-really-paying-for-scotlands-social-care-system

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Some home truths for ministers on Scottish housing crisis

Public service reform must include ending public debt

Feeling the strain – Scotland's mental health

Their vision of the future and ours: they are not the same

It’s time to pull out all the stops for charity trustees

Outlander author condemns “insane” windfarm plans

Back pay claim rocks major social care charity

PIP: A step too far

The world is burning – and action is needed now

The cost of care - who is really paying for Scotland’s social care system?

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