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Wraparound services should be a right for all workers

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-253nd

Published: June 19, 2025 08:03

The Scotsman reports today that Scottish civil servants are protesting the closure of the in-house childcare services saying that it will have a big impact on staff who face inadequate provision of services elsewhere, with alternative nurseries…

Solving Scotland’s waste problem isn’t your responsibility

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/18-06-2025-cd

Published: June 18, 2025 10:56

Craig Dalzell says that waste needs to be designed out well before it reaches consumers - we need producer responsibility.

Does Highland depopulation mean it is time for their own Parliament?

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-bymyj

Published: June 18, 2025 09:05

This morning's Scotsman has an eye-catching headline – Scotland's Highlands now 'have fewer people than lapland'. In many ways this may not be surprising to people given how long population decline in the Highlands has been reported.The question though is…

If you are serious about government waste, you need a coherent analysis

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-8xmx9

Published: June 17, 2025 08:48

Sooner or later (generally sooner), most governments or parties challenging to become governments will start talking about reducing government waste. This is a helpful rhetorical argument because it appears to 'magic money out of the air' without the need…

There are better solutions for Glasgow than 'hard man leaders'

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-xj3ps

Published: June 16, 2025 09:33

The sporadic calls for mayors to be introduced in Scotland have returned today with newspapers quoting a new report by the Centre for Cities suggesting that this could be a route for closing what it claims is Glasgow's economic underperformance.Setting…

Alexander Dennis didn’t have to go this way

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/15-06-2025-rm

Published: June 13, 2025 22:54

Robin McAlpine says the Scottish Government’s obsession with foreign direct investment has led to the wilful loss of Scottish ownership of Scottish businesses.

The loss of Alexander Dennis was not inevitable, it was a failure

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-g765j

Published: June 13, 2025 09:07

There is something of a consensus building around the loss of the Alexander Dennis bus factory in Falkirk. It goes like this; forget the noise generated by the issue becoming a political football, this was just the law of nature and there is nothing that…

The UK Spending Review takes a long but narrow view that sets us up for future problems

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-zkjf9

Published: June 12, 2025 09:41

The BBC reported the UK Government’s Spending Review with the headline “Labour gambles on patience in an era of impatience” and complimented the Government’s approach as one that broke with the “short-termism” of too many politicians eyeing up their next…

To what lengths will the Scottish government go to protect the secrets of private care providers?

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/12-06-2025-cd

Published: June 12, 2025 09:31

Dr Craig Dalzell asks the question after the passing of the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill in which the Scottish Government voted down Katy Clark MSP’s amendment to allow FOI on private companies in receipt of public funds.

Scottish Parliament passes Care Reforms with a sigh of relief - but the job is not done

https://www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefings/briefing-zcp6y

Published: June 11, 2025 08:04

This week could have been the week that the Scottish Parliament went down in history and passed the most significant piece of legislation put forward across the whole of the UK in the realm of health and wellbeing since the creation of the National Health…