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Briefing 168 – Population challenges for public services and the economy

This briefing looks at the implications of current and projected demographic change. It summarises recent publications from the Improvement Service.

On October 14th 2025 the Scottish Government held what they billed as a “Public Sector Reform Operational Summit” . The

The Scottish Government published an Anti-racism Action Plan for the Scottish Social Work Sector in August 2025. The Action Plan

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The Scottish Government has published it’s Fiscal Sustainability Delivery Plan. The aim of the document is to provide some detail

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The Scottish Government have published their Medium-Term Financial Strategy. It outlines how they intend to approach public spending over the

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The Scottish Government have published their Public Service Reform Strategy. It outlines their intention to reduce the size of the

This briefing looks at the report on the local government workforce prepared for councils by SOLACE. The aim of the

This Briefing summarises the main points from the annual Benchmarking Framework report compiled by the Improvement Service for CoSLA. The

The Government has decided that some reforms recommended by the Independent Care Review for children & young people require legislation.

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The UK Government published the results of it’s Spending Review on 11th of June . This Briefing looks at the