Scotland's Future

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A massive communal restaurant operated on Glasgow’s bustling Argyle Street in 1917 and fed hundreds of thousands of people.

'What Glasgow's communal restaurants of 1917 can teach us about food poverty'
In the last 20 years, the basic food bank has become the staple response to food poverty in Scotland and across Britain. It is high time that we imagined what the food bank could evolve into.

The Scottish parliament does not have a cross-party group on dementia despite the prevalence of a disease that affects 90,000

PREMIUM Dementia care in area of Scotland 'blueprint for future'

Homeshare offers an alternative for older people who can continue to live independent lives

PREMIUM Low cost alternative to elderly care helping more Scots stay at home

Gillian Mackay, Green MSP for Central Scotland

PREMIUM Gillian Mackay: 'The promise I made to grandpa about carers' pay'

Craig Hoy MSP is shadow minister for social care and chairman of the Scottish Conservatives.

PREMIUM Craig Hoy: 'Social care crisis will worsen under nationalisation'

Alex Cole-Hamilton, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats

PREMIUM Alex Cole-Hamilton: 'NHS problems caused by neglect of care services by SNP'

Kevin Stewart, Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care

PREMIUM Kevin Stewart: 'SNP's social care plans are bold and ambitious'

Jackie Baillie, Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour party

PREMIUM Jackie Baillie: 'SNP have failed to deliver investment in social care'

'The more that has to be paid by the individual the less fair it will be', says Cam Donaldson, Professor of Health Economics in the Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health at Glasgow Caledonian University

PREMIUM 'If we get it right, good care may not cost as much as much as we think'

Women have a 50:50 chance of providing care before they are 60

PREMIUM 'I pray everyone will be happy to pay more tax for aged care'

Independence offers more flexibility, but also more funding constraints, says David Eiser of the Fraser of Allander Institute

PREMIUM Independence 'not easy solution' to social care funding dilemma

'Scotland's ability to attract talent is restrained by UK immigration policy' according to Grace McGill and Jamie Kerr, lawyers at Burness Paull in Glasgow

PREMIUM Scotland 'closed' to the people who can help country flourish

Without devolved powers, any attempt at a renewed drugs policy for Scotland will be difficult, according to Jake Shepherd of the Social Market Foundation, a cross-party think-tank

‘What we can learn from Spain’s cannabis clubs’

Asylum seekers in Scotland are

PREMIUM UK's immigration policy 'would shame any Scandinavian government’

'No evidence' that residential drug rehab works for more than 10%, says Max Cruikshank, a retired youth worker

PREMIUM Scottish Government 'resistant' to new approaches to tackle drug addiction

PREMIUM ‘The problem with our moral outrage over sports award dinner 'sexism'’

The widening of health inequalities in Scotland has been more profound under the current UK government than with Margaret Thatcher, according to Dr David Walsh of Glasgow Centre for Population Health

PREMIUM 'Scotland will only solve health inequalities with more legislative powers'

Only cutting public transport fares while hitting motorists can we meet climate goals

Analysis Only cutting public transport fares while hitting motorists can we meet climate goals

The age of the car is just a blip in history — it’s time we moved on

Analysis The age of the car is just a blip in history — it’s time we moved on

How can Scotland make electric dreams become a reality?

Analysis How can Scotland make electric dreams become a reality?

Scotland's road haulage industry caught in a ‘perfect storm’

Analysis Scotland's road haulage industry caught in a ‘perfect storm’

Scottish and UK Govs must work together to help aviation sector hit net zero goals

Analysis Scottish and UK Govs must work together to help aviation sector hit net zero goals

After COP26, what does the future hold for Scotland's aviation industry?

Analysis After COP26, what does the future hold for Scotland's aviation industry?

Scotland's islands could lead the way in no-carbon air travel

Analysis Scotland's islands could lead the way in no-carbon air travel

'SNP need to embrace radical transformation of Scotland's rail network'

Analysis 'SNP need to embrace radical transformation of Scotland's rail network'

Scotland's railway use may need to double pre-Covid levels to achieve net zero

Analysis Scotland's railway use may need to double pre-Covid levels to achieve net zero

Scotland needs a linked bus, train, tram and subway network to hit climate goals

Analysis Scotland needs a linked bus, train, tram and subway network to hit climate goals

How Scotland's cities can become world leaders of transport and mobility

Analysis How Scotland's cities can become world leaders of transport and mobility

Protests against a 'hard border' in Ireland

Analysis The key hurdles facing an independent Scotland's motorists if we re-joined the EU

Scotland's lifeline roads need to adapt to climate emergency to avoid failures

Analysis Scotland's lifeline roads need to adapt to climate emergency to avoid more failures

How can Scotland's turbulent state-run ferries get back on even keel?

Analysis How can Scotland's turbulent state-run ferries get back on even keel?

Five reasons why a state service drowns in a sea of ineptitude

Analysis Five reasons why a state service drowns in a sea of ineptitude

CalMac’s services are failing to meet the year-round needs of island communities

Analysis CalMac’s services are failing to meet the year-round needs of island communities

SNP Energy and Net Zero Secretary Michael Matheson

PREMIUM SNP pressure Tory Government over 'fastest possible' move away from oil and gas

Michael Matheson, Liam Kerr, Mark Ruskell, Alex Cole-Hamilton and Alex Salmond

Opinion Politicians have their say on energy, oil and gas and renewables

An independent Scotland could boost its green credentials if it is brave enough to ditch fossil fuels, Richard Dixon has argued

Analysis Running our own affairs would boost green change but only if we end fossil fuels

SNP’s lack of enthusiasm for climate intervention means workers need more convincing

Analysis SNP’s lack of enthusiasm for climate intervention means workers need more convincing

We're facing fuel poverty crisis ... hard facts and policies must come before identity rhetoric

Analysis We're facing fuel poverty crisis ... hard facts and policies must come before identity rhetoric

SNP opening up to nuclear power in independent Scotland would be 'catastrophic'

Analysis SNP opening up to nuclear power in independent Scotland would be 'catastrophic'

'independent or not, Scotland's future does not lie in its oil-fuelled past'

Analysis 'Independent or not, Scotland's future does not lie in its oil-fuelled past'

Why new Scottish nuclear power stations would be 'catastrophic' financial decision

Analysis Why new Scottish nuclear power stations would be 'catastrophic' financial decision

How Scotland could 'go it alone' with carbon capture project after Westminster snub

Analysis How Scotland could 'go it alone' with carbon capture project after Westminster snub

How keeping Scotland plugged in remains a huge challenge

Analysis How keeping Scotland plugged in remains a huge challenge

Why oil and gas production remain key in Scotland's move to net zero future

Analysis Why oil and gas production remain key in Scotland's move to net zero future

Alistair Phillips-Davies, chief executive of SSE has warned about the risks of not grasping the renewables potential for Scotland

Analysis Renewables boom wasted chance without 'urgent investment in infrastructure'

Scotland's Future event: Expert Q+A on oil, gas and energy

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Scotland can reap the rewards from tidal energy — we just have to own it

Analysis Scotland can reap huge rewards from tidal energy — we just have to own it

'It's Scotland's oil' Nationalist frustration over oil profits set for renewables repeat

Analysis 'It's Scotland's oil' Nationalist frustration over oil profits set for renewables repeat

How can Scotland reach net zero targets but also cut rising energy prices?

analysis How can Scotland reach net zero targets but also cut rising energy prices?

Two key oil and gas challenges facing Yes supporters since 2014 referendum

analysis Two key oil and gas challenges facing Yes supporters since 2014 referendum

Scottish and UK Govs need 'united' energy plan to avoid 'painful consequences'

exclusive Scottish and UK Govs need 'united' energy plan to avoid 'painful consequences'

Nicola Sturgeon (front), pictured at COP26, who argued that the climate compatibility test should apply to developments where production has not begun

Analysis Scotland must 'accelerate push away from North Sea oil' despite rising energy prices

Scotland's Future special event: Expert Q+A on independence and Brexit

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