Just over a year ago, Manchester began blazing a trail for devolution in England. Ten local authorities in the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) signed a deal with George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the transfer of powers […]
We’ve almost reached the turn of the year, a good moment to pause and reflect on what the Knowledge Exchange has been blogging about in 2015. We’ve covered a wide range of subject areas, from education to the arts, health […]
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 […]
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 […]
If you follow this blog regularly then you’ll know that we write on all areas of public and social policy. What you might not realise though is that our Knowledge Exchange team is just one part of a much wider […]
Introduction Within just a few years, fossil fuel divestment has overtaken previous campaigns targeting apartheid in South Africa and tobacco advertising to become the fastest growing divestment movement in history. In September, a report from Arabella Advisors found that 436 […]
by Steven McGinty Since the terrorist attacks in Paris there has been a renewed focus on preventing terrorism. On a national level, the UK government has increased the defence budget by an extra £12 billion, and is expected to hold […]
By Steven McGinty On Wednesday 21st October, the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill reached the Committee Stage for consideration by the House of Commons. The Bill, which was initially introduced in the House of Lords, provides statutory authority for […]
By Rebecca Jackson Co-production in criminal justice was the core theme of a conference held last Wednesday by the Scottish Co-Production Network. The speakers were invited to showcase their organisations as three examples of best practice. All the organisations have […]
