By Steven McGinty Last week, the Scottish Finance Secretary, John Swinney, published his budget for the next financial year. Unsurprisingly, it begins by outlining the financial challenges facing the Scottish Government. Mr Swinney highlights that the Scottish Budget will continue ....
By Heather Cameron Last week saw George Clooney launch a campaign to feed the homeless at Christmas by donating the first £5. When visiting Edinburgh’s branch of Scotland’s not-for-profit sandwich shop, Social Bite, last month, Clooney filmed a video clip ....
by Stacey Dingwall Recent months have seen two enquiries to our Ask a Researcher service for evidence on sugar consumption in the UK. Namely: should this be taxed? Sugar has become somewhat of a villain in the UK, with magazine articles, ....
This week saw the publication of a report by a cross party commission on the state of local government funding, specifically examining the council tax in Scotland. For many years the council tax has been declared as unfit for purpose by politicians ....
By Steven McGinty Last week, more than half a million people signed an e-petition to block controversial US presidential candidate, Donald Trump, from entering the UK. These signatures were gathered using the UK Parliament’s official e-petitions website, which allows any ....
