General Reports and Other Publications
ScotGov: Scotland’s Balance Sheet - a detailed assessment of Scotland’s public finances which shows that ‘Scotland is in a stronger financial position that the UK’ - has been published.
It provides detailed estimates of Scottish public spending, taxation, annual fiscal balance and share of UK net debt, based on two scenarios for allocating Scotland a notional share of UK debt following a vote for independence.
It provides detailed estimates of Scottish public spending, taxation, annual fiscal balance and share of UK net debt, based on two scenarios for allocating Scotland a notional share of UK debt following a vote for independence.
PC&PE: The major construction firms that established & funded a systematic blacklist of construction industry workers appear to be continuing to avoid taking full responsibility for their actions, says the Scottish Affairs Committee in an interim report.
The Committee says that while the blacklist was not initially illegal, it was always morally indefensible, and the companies involved continued to use it after it had become illegal.
The Committee says that while the blacklist was not initially illegal, it was always morally indefensible, and the companies involved continued to use it after it had become illegal.
NIA: A Report published last week by the Public Accounts Committee has highlighted that, while the vast majority of services provided by Health and Social Care Trusts are of a very high quality, patients & service users can suffer largely preventable harm & suffering.
PC&PE: The Public Accounts Committee has published a report which, on the basis of evidence from the DCMS, the Home Office, LOCOG, the MoD, G4S, the London Legacy Development Corporation and the Cabinet Office, examined the staging of the Games and plans for delivering the legacy.
ESRC: People with depression often feel their life is out of control. It can evoke feelings that their life is pointless or by merely existing bad things can happen.
Research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) suggests that these feeling may be caused by subtle changes in the way depressed people perceive time and process their surroundings.
Research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) suggests that these feeling may be caused by subtle changes in the way depressed people perceive time and process their surroundings.
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