Such clear sighted and important words from
Kenneth Gibb in The Herald today heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp…

KEZIA DUGDALE: Assisted dying law could become parliament's finest hour… thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/493… via The Courier

Very interesting insight from Kezia Dugdale here on the new attempt to legislate for assisted dying thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/493…

This is great read from Kezia Dugdale in today’s The Courier looking at Liam McArthur MSP’s Assisted Dying Member’s Bill in the Scottish Parliament. 👇

“Assisted dying law could become parliament's finest hour.” thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/493…

Three cheers for Gordon Brown - a really imaginative and ingenious set of proposals to address the scandal of child poverty costing taxpayers virtually nothing. Britain seems stuck in a doom loop of poverty. I have a plan to raise billions to address that theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We are delighted to share this  #UofGSpotlight special on #MinimumUnitPricing .

Nicola McEwen Centre for Public Policy speaks to Peter Rice. Peter is President EurocareBrussel, Chair of IAS and a founder of SHAAP.

Listen here: uofgspotlight.com

BREAKING NEWS

The biggest ever public poll in Scotland conducted on assisted dying confirms every single constituency supports law change - Findings released as Liam McArthur MSP’s Assisted Dying Bill is published in Scottish Parliament.
dignityindyingscotland.org.uk/news/every-par…

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The single most successful economic policy of my lifetime: the minimum wage. resolutionfoundation.org/publications/l…

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🟣First woman of colour to become Minister in Scotland🟣

In Feb 2024, Kaukab Stewart MSP became the first woman of colour to be appointed to a ministerial position in Scotland - Minister for Culture, Europe & International Development.

Fife Council has just become the latest local authority to declare a housing emergency.

Fife Council has become the latest local authority to declare a #housingemergency . But what is a housing emergency and why is it important? This Scottish Housing News podcast talks about just that 👇

scottishhousingnews.com/articles/podca…

Imagine what these stats will be like AFTER a 26% cut from Scot Gov to Housing budget. Capital budget falling by 4%... so it was a political choice to take the scissors quite so dramatically to the housing budget.

ON THE BLOG: Citizens' assemblies: what are they and how can policy-makers use them?

Alan Renwick explains that citizens’ assemblies can help policy-makers in developing policy effectively, but their potential role is often misunderstood.
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🟣 First black female Minister🟣

In October 2009, Dawn Butler MP Dawn Butler MP✊🏾💙 became the first black woman to ever hold a ministerial position. The labour politician was Minister for Young Citizens and Youth Engagement until 2010.

NEW: Lots of countries have housing challenges so how exceptional is the UK's housing crisis? Very. We pay higher prices to live in smaller, older and poorer-quality homes resolutionfoundation.org/publications/h…

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🟣Equal pay in the Civil Service🟣

In 1936, the government won the vote to introduce equal pay to the Civil Service after various groups lobbied for the change, among them The Six Point Group who lobbied for six changes:

🎟️Just a few tickets left for our event with Nicola McEwen to explore the Internal Market Act and devolution🎟️

Chaired by Jodie Hedley & Kimberley Somerside, one not to be missed! More info and tickets👇

Really looking forward to this - look out for our new polling tomorrow on what voters think of devolution; some fascinating results to be discussed Thursday 👇👇