The rights of children and young people are inalienable – they cannot be taken or wished away. A new politics in Scotland should lead to the full incorporation of The United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child – the most ratified human rights treaty in the world – that addresses a holistic range […]
Paul Spicker, Professor of Public Policy at RGU, looks at the benefits of universalism over selectivity as two distinct approaches to public services
Andy Cumbers, Professor of Economic Geography at Glasgow University, makes the case for democratic public ownership as distinct from top-down state ownership and private ownership.
Willie Sullivan, Director of the Electoral Reform Society Scotland, looks at the principles behind a progressive approach to welfare in Scotland.
Annie Miller, chair of the Citizens Income Trust, makes the case for a citizen's income in Scotland.
Sarah Glynn, housing expert at UWS, outlines how we can achieve affordable social housing for all.
Malcolm Fraser, Edinburgh based architect, explains how we can plan our towns to make them healthy and happy places to live in.
Mike Danson, Professor of Enterprise Policy at Heriot-Watt University, looks at how Scotland can build an economy that puts all of us first through an industrial policy for Scotland.
Iain Cairns, researcher with the Reid Foundation, proposes a new approach to public finance and investment that breaks with the UK's neoliberal dogma.
Gordon Morgan, researcher with the Reid Foundation, makes the case for community banking to build local economies.