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Rethinking welfare for Scotland: fair, personal and simple

Last year I was asked by the Scottish government to chair an independent expert group to consider the principles and policies of a benefits system for people of working age in Scotland should there be a ‘Yes’ vote in September. I agreed, but only once I could be sure the group would be allowed to be completely independent and membership included a range of critical interests from business, academia and the third sector.

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Owenstown and the new garden city movement

Communities Good Local Economics

Competition is the essence of an innovative voluntary sector

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Tackling low pay needs a local approach

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Five ways to bring money and investment into your local area

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We need a new model of economic growth

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We need to talk about ‘good relations’

Communities Good Local Economics Regeneration

What does good growth look like?

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Local government needs to address low pay

The UK is in the midst of a low pay crisis. Over 5 million people do not earn a wage which is sufficient to afford them a ‘decent’ quality of life. Wages across a raft of sectors are not rising in line with the cost of living and particularly costs associated with housing, fuel and food.