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.