Social welfare
Best Start, Bright Futures: tackling child poverty delivery plan 2022 to 2026
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Report
Date published:
Best Start, Bright Futures sets out how the Scottish Government will work together to deliver on Scotland's national mission to tackle child poverty. It is not solely a plan for the Scottish Government, it is a plan for all of Scotland, recognising the contribution all parts of society must make to deliver the change needed for children and families.
Scotland's pupils are among the best readers in the western world
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
Education in Scotland is making real achievements. Unionist politicians and media exaggerate the difference between English and Scottish pupils in the international comparison table PISA. UK politicians brag that English children are “among the best readers in the western world” - well so are Scots as there is only half a percentage difference in the two countries’ scores.
The Case for Taxation
Author / Creator: The Jimmy Reid Foundation
Media type: Briefing
Date published:
The progressive case for taxation is grounded in principles of fairness, social justice, economic stability, and democratic governance. By taxing higher incomes at a higher rate, society can more effectively address income inequality, promote economic growth, and invest in public services that benefit everyone.
Welfare, equality and social justice: Scottish independence and the dominant imaginings of the ‘New’ Scotland
Author / Creator: Gill Scott
Date published: 2016
This paper focuses on the extent to which issues of equality, social justice and social welfare have been mobilised in the most prominent imaginings of an independent Scotland.
Welfare, Equality and Social Justice:Scottish Independence and the Dominant Imaginings of the ‘New’ Scotland’
Author / Creator: Gerry Mooney
Media type: Article
Date published: 2016
Issues of equality, social justice and social welfare in the imaginings of an independent Scotland.
Estimating the Future Number of People with Learning Disabilities Drawing on Adult Social Care Services in Scotland
Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute
Media type: Discussion Paper
Date published: 2024
Projections of adult social care need
Social Care Innovation in Scotland
Author / Creator: Emma Congreve
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
What is the potential for innovation clusters in Scotland's social care sector and the role of public sector investment in supporting such development?
In-work poverty in the hospitality sector in Scotland: Policy briefing
Author / Creator: Chirsty McFadyen
Media type: Report
Date published: 2023
Addressing in-work poverty and the challenges facing the hospitality sector in Scotland requires policy and systems-wide change.
READY TO FAIL: THE ‘CO-DESIGN’ PROCESS FOR CREATING A NATIONAL CARE SERVICE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
Author / Creator: Nick Kempe
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2023
The co-design process for the National Care Service has not worked.
How we forecast social security: disability and carer’s payments
Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission
Media type: Report
Date published: 2021
This report sets out approaches to forecasting disability and carer’s payments. It also sets out the approaches used in policy costings for Child Disability Payment and Adult Disability Payment, the new Scottish forms of disability assistance.
Supplementary Costing – Scottish Child Payment
Author / Creator: Scottish Fiscal Commission
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Updated costs of the Scottish Child Payment in light of the higher outlook for inflation since May and an earlier start date than we had previously assumed.
Modelling packages to meet Scotland’s child poverty targets
Author / Creator: Emma Congreve
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Around 1 in 4 children in Scotland live in relative poverty
Social Care Reform in Scotland: context, costs and questions
Author / Creator: Emma Congreve
Date published:
A gap between legislative intent and delivery has been experienced historically in social care. The National Care Service (NCS) is the latest attempt to change this.
Scottish Carer's Assistance: main report
Author / Creator: Social Security Experience Panels
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Proposals on how Scottish Carer’s Assistance (SCA) could be different from Carer’s Allowance.
Brexit and devolved social security in Scotland: a tale of two referenda
Author / Creator: Mark Simpson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2018
Social security is an obvious field for further devolution.
Caring About Carers
Author / Creator: Kathy Jenkins
Media type: Podcast
Date published:
Kathy Jenkins talks about her latest policy paper for Common Weal on health and safety in the social care sector – both how it has been affected by the pandemic and the systemic issues that impacted the health and safety of social care workers before the pandemic struck.
Best Place in the World
Author / Creator: David Anderson
Media type: Opinion
Date published:
Many innovative ways to address poverty and trauma have appeared over the last few years, but they are fighting against the tide, battling hard against the odds.
The National Care Service is a Lie
Author / Creator: Janice McAlpine (pseud.)
Media type: consultation response
Date published:
the plans will only bolster the profit motive that already pollutes much of social care provision, remove vital local accountability, will leave workers short-changed and, most importantly, are vagueon how it will improve anything for people who require support to live their lives to the full.
How small independent countries create a better, more equal society
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published: 2021
It has become clear that small, independent countries largely outperform the UK and offer greater security to their citizens. This includes pensions, income distribution and public social spending.
How small independent countries create a better, more equal society
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Article
Date published:
It has become clear that small, independent countries largely outperform the UK and offer greater security to their citizens.