Dave Watson
Monday, 27 February 2012

Council Tax and local democracy

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Stirling Council has become the only local authority in Scotland to cut the Council Tax this year following a Labour/Tory amendment to the b...
Saturday, 18 February 2012

Independence referendum

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At the risk of adding to the many column inches on this subject, I will offer a few of my own thoughts on the immediate process issues havin...
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Thursday, 16 February 2012

Jobs and crowding out

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As another 16,000 Scots joined the unemployed in the last quarter it is worth looking back at the ideology that drives this crazy policy of ...
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Thursday, 9 February 2012

Council Budgets

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Councils across Scotland are setting their budgets in the context of a 6% cut in the allocation from the Scottish Government. That resulted ...
Saturday, 4 February 2012

National Libraries Day

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Today is National Libraries Day. An opportunity to celebrate our public library service at a time when it is under threat from public sector...
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Facility time for workplace union representatives

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Today’s Scotsman is running the latest instalment in a series of attacks on trade union facility time, with a focus on the public sector. I...
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Fairness in Employment?

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The Prime Minister is making a big play of his 'fairness' agenda at present. So let's see how far his concept of fairness stretc...
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Dave Watson
I am a semi-retired trade union policy wonk, now working on a range of projects.I am the 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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