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for centrally-dictated services; their budgets and priorities heavily controlled by the Scottish Government,are greater, wards smaller, and councillor salaries are higher - the remoteness of Scottish local government,other hand, maybe people would prefer for councils to become more like extensions the Scottish Government

With UK Government or Tory party policy – take your pick, depending on your perspective – disarray on,The new potential raft of powers for UK Government could potentially mean that Parliament is denied any,It's the Government that’s taking back control from us, and here's why - as it stands this Bill will,Well, the EU (Withdrawal) Bill makes it very clear that the UK Government is the one getting any control

with the Scottish Action Plan on Human Rights and the SDGs - a commitment made by the Scottish Government,in its Open Government National Action Plan.,This agenda needs domestic leadership and the third sector can help the Scottish Government develop its,My next blog will consider the importance of a more transparent, accountable and participative government,– an open government – to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

I closed our Building Better Governance six seminar series in last November with an evening seminar on,have a standard set of things we like to talk about, mostly connected with our research into good governance,practice, and our findings from the range of governance reviews we carry out with diverse nonprofits

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employer with a large workforce, you’ll need to publish the information on your website and on a government

of her leadership and government.,Evidently the urge to give the government a public kicking is too much for even Mr Corbyn to resist.,not yet ready to embark on her own stand-up career) the current First Minister too is planning a government,The governing party swaggers around for a few years and then, when they find themselves limping, look

But it does exclude local government, quango and arms-length public bodies from any regulation whatsoever

With all the talk of a more consultative and cooperative style – a Scottish approach to government –,Open budgeting will make it more straightforward for those outside of government to understand how and,why money is spent One of the most important roles government must play is to listen.,As part of that process, government delivers presentations, videos, surveys, public forums and a summary,Scotland’s new status as an Open Government Pioneer coupled with the Scottish Government’s commitment

In 2015, Nicola Sturgeon confirmed that the Scottish Government would be one of the first anywhere in the,Are the goals embedded in the work of government, civil society and business and do our actions live,Working with the Scottish Government to develop SDG implementation plans and aligning our campaigns and,policies to the goals is where we should be, but we’ve been slow to hold the Scottish Government to,I’m yet to see evidence that the Scottish Government has a plan for SDG implementation – whether the