Reading Time: 5 minutes This guest blog examines how trade in services will be affected after the UK has left the European Union.
Evolution and dilution in devolution: economic policy in Scotland
Reading Time: 8 minutes A look at Scotland’s economic policy landscape since devolution.
A Citizens’ Assembly for Scotland
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog looks at deliberative democracy and plans for a Citizens’ Assembly for Scotland.
Guest blog – Levelling the Playing Field: young women’s relationship with sport and physical activity
Reading Time: 6 minutes The Young Women Lead Committee share highlights from their report on young women’s relationship with sport and physical activity.
Taxing times: the perils of fiscal devolution
Reading Time: 5 minutes What influences the size of the Scottish budget now that a range of tax powers have been devolved?
Negotiating the future UK-EU relationship after a no-deal Brexit
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog examines how negotiation of the UK’s future relationship with the EU might be affected if the UK Government decided to pursue a no-deal Brexit on 31 October.
At a glance: Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill was introduced in Parliament by Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, John Swinney MSP,
Guest blog – Unpacking the legal disputes over Rockall
Reading Time: 5 minutes Dr James Harrison from the University of Edinburgh analyses the legal context for recent fishing disputes around Rockall.
Brexit and devolved competition powers
Reading Time: 3 minutes A look at how Brexit might affect the Scottish Government’s newly devolved competition powers.
Linking budgets to outcomes – the impossible dream?
Reading Time: 5 minutes How useful is the new National Performance Framework (NPF) to the Parliament’s committees as they scrutinise the Scottish Government’s budget?