Publications

Scotland’s colleges are vital to learners and local communities.

Having a safe, secure, affordable home is not a luxury. It’s a fundamental necessity.

Scotland’s Integration Joint Boards (IJBs) face considerable financial challenges and immense pressures on their workforce.

Encouraging progress on education data but still a long way to go to understand variation and improve outcomes.

Councils played a crucial role during the Covid-19 pandemic, with staff working hard and at pace to support communities, protect jobs and maintain

Councils’ benefit services are a lifeline service to people often in urgent financial need, seeking support at what can be the most difficult and compl

Faster reform of Scotland’s public sector is needed to protect services in the long term and improve people’s lives.

We’re reminded daily of the pressures and spending constraints facing local councils – increasing demand for services, a real-terms reduction in funding, com