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🔴 EXC: Two former leaders of Edinburgh and Glasgow city councils have joined forces to call for Scotland’s answer to the Northern Powerhouse.  Donald Anderson and Steven Purcell said the time had come for directly elected regional mayors: scotsman.com/news/politics/…

Thank you ⁦The Scotsman⁩ - Scotland’s Growth Corridor has the potential to become the second most successful economic hub in the UK. ⁦Steven Purcell⁩ and I in today’s paper - How to transform Scotland's Central Belt into economic powerhouse scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…

Read the longer version of Steven Purcell & Donald Anderson excellent article on creating Scotland’s growth corridor: reformscotland.com/devolvingscotl…

Delighted to see local govt back in the news thanks to Donald Anderson & Steven Purcell. Sustainable finance is also badly required, especially after the disastrous council tax freeze. Read our submission to Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee reformscotland.com/publication/su…

Big thank you to reformscotland for publishing a fuller version of the article by Steven Purcell and I on the need for City Region Mayors to help boost and transform Scotland’s Growth Corridor. reformscotland.com/devolvingscotl….

Join us for an online discussion about the future health of Scotland. Paul Johnston, Chief Executive of Public Health Scotland will be in conversation with Chris Deerin on Monday 2 Sept. More details & to register⬇️ reformscotland.com/event/preventi…

Still time to sign up for today's online discussion: Paul Johnston, chief executive of Public Health Scotland will be in conversation with Chris Deerin: reformscotland.com/event/preventi…

Prevention has to be a key part of broader reform of the NHS. But what does prevention look like & how can it help reduce health inequalities? If you missed our fascinating discussion with Paul Johnston of Public Health Scotland talking to Chris Deerin catch up⬇️ reformscotland.com/event/preventi…

To any politician interested in prevention and getting serious about it this hour talk and discussion is worth your time. The inequalities gap remains very serious for Scotland and needs multiple sustained effort to change.

Very interesting intervention by former Minister Des McNulty on child poverty, via a report written for #MMclient reformscotland , in The Herald , online and in print today heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp…

Important article from Des McNulty in The Herald today on child poverty, based on his report that we published recently ⬇️ heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp…

"The failure to track detailed patterns of school absence and understand the characteristics of affected pupils hampers efforts to address the crisis" Kenneth Ferguson of The Centre for Social Justice writes for the blog about school absence in Scotland. reformscotland.com/2024/09/where-…

The poorest 20% of male Scots have a healthy life expectancy of 44.9 years. The wealthiest 20% can expect 71 years in good health. Addressing health inequality was a big part of our discussion with Paul Johnston of Public Health Scotland yesterday. Catch up here: reformscotland.com/event/preventi…

We all need to “fight the fight” to help reduce inequalities & increase the years of healthy life we experience Fascinating & informative dialogue between Public Health Scotland and reformscotland. Paul Johnston sharing the importance of cross-sectorial action youtu.be/_oCKHpV8XNw