Government policy
Lift The Ban: Why Giving People Seeking Asylum The Right To Work Is Common Sense
Author / Creator: Lift The ban Coalition
Media type: Report
Date published: 2020
The Lift the Ban coalition, made up of over 200
non-profit organisations, think tanks, businesses,
trade unions and faith groups, is calling on the
UK Government to give people seeking asylum
and their adult dependants the right to work:
unconstrained by the Shortage Occupation
List, and after they have waited six months for
a decision on their initial asylum claim or
further submission.
Time for a Scottish islands typology?
Author / Creator: Kirsten Gow
Media type: Article
Date published:
From the outside, life in a Scottish island might seem like a common experience. How different could living in Burray be to living in Barra, you might wonder? How much difference is there really between neighbouring islands like Coll and Tiree?
Impact of the Scottish Child Payment on the need for food banks
Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute
Media type: Report
Date published:
Social security policies like the Scottish Child Payment (SCP) are crucial to reducing both poverty and food insecurity. As such, SCP is a key part of the Scottish Government strategies to reduce child poverty and to end the need for food banks in Scotland.
The SNP’s slow route to building independence
Author / Creator: Richard Parry
Media type: Article
Date published:
The Scottish Government under Humza Yousaf’s brief and unsuccessful leadership maintained some momentum on independence by issuing nine further instalments of their series ‘Building a New Scotland’ between June 2023 and March 2024.
Religion, Policy, and Politics
Author / Creator: Michael Rosie
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
Religion has made a core contribution to the shaping of the Scottish nation, and continues to influence its politics and policy.
What Does Good Green Infrastructure Planning Policy Look Like? Developing and Testing a Policy Assessment Tool Within Central Scotland UK
Author / Creator: Max Hislop
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published:
The policies champion the different functions performed by Green Infrastructure and stress the need for early and ongoing involvement throughout any development process with funding for long-term stewardship post-development.