Automation – friend or foe?Apr 24, 2017Written by the Unite Scotland Politics, Research and Campaigns Unit, ‘Automation – friend or foe?’ assesses a number of contending claims on the implications of advanced forms of new technology for workers’ jobs and incomes.
Comments on the Scottish Budget Scrutiny Consultation by Dr Jim CuthbertApr 04, 2017Dr Jim Cuthbert has written a note for the 'Scottish Budget Scrutiny Consultation' on behalf of the Jimmy Reid Foundation, and is the basis of the oral evidence he gave to the Budget Process Review Group on 30th March 2017
Reid Foundation delivers evidence on ‘Sustainable employment in Scotland’Jan 12, 2017The Jimmy Reid Foundation has given oral evidence and delivered a written submission to the UK Scottish Affairs Committee on Wednesday 11 January 2017, to inform its Inquiry 'Sustainable employment in Scotland'. The Foundation highlighted the problems for workers and their families inherent to the current economic and social system, the threats from Brexit and global changes, and the dangers across Scotland and the UK from withdrawal of current employment rights. Solutions and new directions of travel were offered.
Public Service Reform – Major Policy Paper PublishedJan 06, 2017The financial and other pressures on Scotland’s public services are driving an agenda of piecemeal public service reform. Five years after the Christie Commission set out the principles of a particularly Scottish approach; it is time to take a holistic look at the next stage of reform. Dave Watson’s paper for the Reid Foundation examines the context and development of public service reform in Scotland and analyses the approaches of the current government and those who advocate other reforms. The paper makes the case for change that recognises the value of public services to the economy and society generally.
The Prudential Code: flimsy fig leaf in the coming stormDec 30, 2016After the Scottish Government’s tight local government funding settlement in its December 2016 budget, and ahead of the local elections in May next year, independent statistician and economist, Dr Jim Cuthbert, sheds light on a little known but now critically important rule, the statutory Prudential Code in a new policy paper for the Jimmy Reid Foundation.
Written by the Unite Scotland Politics, Research and Campaigns Unit, ‘Automation – friend or foe?’ assesses a number of contending claims on the implications of advanced forms of new technology for workers’ jobs and incomes.
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