Public services
Answer:
There is communities development legislation in place which ought to be compatible with decentralised public services.
Full answer here: Community development in an independent Scotland
Scottish Child Payment reduces food bank uptake
Author / Creator: David Murray
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
The UK Government has the ability to reduce poverty and deprivation through child payment – but not the will
Scottish Social Attitudes survey 2021/22: attitudes data
Author / Creator: Alex Scholes
Media type: Report
Date published:
This survey report focuses on attitudes to government, the economy and public services.
The Leadership and Management of Public Services Reform in Scotland
Author / Creator: John Connolly
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
Reform of public services in Scotland have been undermined by a focus on constitutional matters and an empowerment agenda.
This is why the Westminster myths about independence are wrong. Open minds on independence #18
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: News Media
Date published:
This looks at three myths about Scottish independence:
MYTH 1: You'll have had your referendum.
MYTH 2: Scotland has a huge deficit because we spend too much on public services.
MYTH 3: The costs of establishing Scotland as an independent country will be huge.
Small states in a big world
Author / Creator: Michael Keating
Media type: book
Date published: 2021
Small countries are vulnerable in a world of large states. But they may have opportunities not open to their larger neighbours. This work examines three different models of adaptation, concluding that, whichever model is adopted, it will require internal reform as well as external independence.