Dave Watson
Thursday, 28 April 2011

International Workers Memorial day

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Across Scotland today we will commemorate International Workers Memorial Day. On this day we remember the dead and fight for the living. T...
Wednesday, 27 April 2011

Consequences of council charges

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Just to illustrate a point I have made in earlier posts, there are consequences of increasing council charges to fund the Council Tax freeze...

Bias in appeals

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Interesting EAT decision (Scottish employer) on bias in appeals, an issue that comes up often in the smaller employers we deal with. In Wa...
Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Council Tax and public finance

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An unsurprising poll in the Scotsman today indicates that 75% of Scots support the continuing Council Tax freeze. Given rising inflation, VA...
Thursday, 21 April 2011

Workplace Retirement Income

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I met Lord McFall and his colleagues on the Workplace Retirement Income Commission in Glasgow today. The W orkplace R etirement I ncome C o...
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011

STUC - Day 3

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Transport dominated the debates this morning, but the most powerful contributions were on domestic violence. Two sisters made very moving co...
Tuesday, 19 April 2011

STUC - Day2

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Public services dominated the morning session of Congress today. Delegate after delegate highlighted the impact of the Con-Dem coalition...
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I am a semi-retired trade union policy wonk, now working on a range of projects. I am the Interim Director of the Jimmy Reid Foundation, Secretary of the Keir Hardie Society and Secretary of the Socialist Health Association Scotland. Past Chair of the Scottish Labour Party. Graduate in Law from University of Strathclyde. Fellow of the RSA. I have worked in government and in the public sector. I am the author of chapters in several books and a range of publications.
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