Category: Policy

In-depth commentary on public policy and institutional reform across government, regulation and the operation of the state.

Brian Monteith March 13, 2026 No Comments

WHAT DO YOU DO about a government that governs not in the clear interests of its own people but to

David Stark March 13, 2026 1 Comment

MARCH 9th marked the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations. To commemorate it, the

Tom Miers March 11, 2026 No Comments

TWENTY YEARS AGO, with the Scottish Parliament newly established, a group of economists wrote about what it should do with

Jonathan Stanley March 9, 2026 No Comments

THE FOUR-HOUR TARGET has survived for decades because it sounds reasonable to people who imagine illness as a transaction. You

David Stark March 5, 2026 No Comments

WHEN DAVID BULL visited Scotland during the 2024 general election campaign, Jo Hart took us to meet fishermen in Peterhead,

Jonathan Stanley March 2, 2026 No Comments

EVERY WINTER CORRIDORS FILL WITH OLDER PATIENTS ON TROLLEYS, headlines decry indignity, and ministers promise action. But corridor care is

Ewen Stewart February 23, 2026 No Comments

WE LIVE in an age of “emergencies”: a climate emergency, a cost-of-living emergency and, in Scotland since May 2024, a