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Editor's note
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 Unavoidable truth
Mandy Rhodes
Floating around in the economic zeitgeist of this financial crisis and the aftermath of Osborne’s ‘unavoidable’ budget is the view that can be summarised in the following easy-to-digest package of ‘public sector, bad and private sector, good’. It is a false debate which turns the old socialist argument of public good and private bad on its head. But it is being activated principally by members of the Labour Party in order to divert from the unavoidable truth that the public sector has grown out of all sensible proportion under their watch and used to explain a Tory desire to cut... |
Special Reports
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Delivering on 2020 - Ross Reid, staff reporter
Working together - Ross Reid, staff reporter
Denied a voice - Kathleen Nutt, Feature Writer
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Interview
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Focus
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What Labour did next
Mandy Rhodes - 25 June 2010
After losing the General Election, the Rt Hon David Miliband on the lessons Labour needs to learn from Scotland
Just 35 days after the election that saw him booted out of office and the day after nominations closed for the Labour Party leadership contest, the Rt Hon David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary, New Labour wunderkind and now hopeful Labour leader-in-waiting, sat in the gallery of the Scottish Parliament to watch FMQs. Sitting next to MSP Duncan McNeil who, instead of his normal heckling from the Labour benches, offered a subdued running commentary in Miliband’s ear while one down, the former Secretary... |
Road to reform
Cera Murtagh - 25 June 2010
 Does Curriculum for Excellence still stand a chance of success?
It was born out of a solid consensus that things had to change and an ambitious vision of what that change would look like. The feeling across the political divide was that Scottish education was in bad need of overhaul. Over-crowded; over-assessed; leaving too many pupils behind. Curriculum for Excellence was the blueprint to cure those ills in one sweep and take Scottish education into the 21st century. But after seven years in the making, that... |
Insight
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In safe hands
Katie Mackintosh - 25 June 2010
 Taking a look at new child protection guidance for Scotland
The child protection landscape in Scotland has changed considerably in the 12 years that have passed since the publication of the Scottish Office guidance, Protection Children – A Shared Responsibility. In recognition of this, earlier this month the Scottish Government published revised national guidance on child protection, which, it says, reflects this “changed and changing” landscape. The guidance will be the “lynchpin” of the Government’s work going forward, argues Children and Early Years Minister Adam Ingram in his ministerial foreword, consolidating... |
Portfolios
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| Local Government |
Tough job prospects
Lynne Whitelaw 25 June 2010
Cutting the wage bill has been identified as a priority by councils, but how is this... |
One-city approach
Lynne Whitelaw 25 June 2010
As one of the local authorities piloting the Total Place initiative south of the border, Birmingham City... |
| Education |
Setting the path
Cera Murtagh 25 June 2010
What impact is ability grouping having on Scottish education?
“Poverty is not destiny in educational circumstances, and we... |
Independent voice
Cera Murtagh 25 June 2010
The new independent schools champion wants their place in Scottish education to be recognised
On meeting the new representative for... |
| Health |
Seizing the moment
Katie Mackintosh 25 June 2010
Julia Unwin, chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on funding care in the future
The shock of the financial crisis... |
Accentuate the positive
Katie Mackintosh 25 June 2010
Chief Medical Officer Dr Harry Burns on the need to adopt a health assets model of health improvement
For someone who describes himself... |
| Business |
Bearing fruit
Will Peakin 25 June 2010
Working in partnership helps communities develop and ensures business supply chains
On La Colline Farm at Robertson, on South Africa’s Western... |
Home help
Will Peakin 25 June 2010
The private sector is helping councils to reduce homelessness and establish people on the path to work
With the squeeze on spending,... |
| Justice |
Sealing the gaps
Rory Cahill 25 June 2010
The Conservative- Lib Dem coalition government plans for a dedicated border police force threatens a row with Holyrood
They are images familiar to those who... |
New boy on the block
Rory Cahill 25 June 2010
Delivering services in an era of unprecedented budget cuts will not be easy, but must be done, according... |
Columnists
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Also in this issue
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Rab McNeil |
| Hello voters |
| NEWS that the Scottish Tories might advertise for new candidates in the pages of Hello magazine sent shockwaves through the... |
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Diary
Tartan shorts
Scottish versions of TV shows, movies and books that don’t exist, but should:
World’s Wildest Chipshops 3
How To Look Good Wi Ye F***in’ Face Slashed Open
Buckfast Towers
Scotland’s Next... |
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Jim Sillars |
| Opportunity for all |
| When I came across Reform Scotland’s epistle “power to learn”, I discovered that the socialism I learnt away back in... |
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Emergency budget
25 June 2010
It is to the credit of the press that they have headed up their post-budget supplements: “Emergency Budget”. Because an emergency is what we have, and a budget within 50 days was promised and delivered. While... |
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Spotted
Spotted - Issue 237
Conservative MSP Gavin Brown on Lothian Road…Linda Fabiani coming out of the pharmacy on the Royal Mile looking happy…Sarah Boyack... |
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Letters
Budget impact
The UK video games development sector is export oriented, high-tech, employs highly skilled workers and is low carbon in output. Yet... |
Proposed minimum price revealed
