Dave Watson
Saturday, 31 August 2013

Why we should worry about water quality

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The Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland has published the annual repor t on the quality of drinking water in Scotland. It highligh...
Thursday, 29 August 2013

More problems for the currency union

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Professor Brian Quinn, formerly Deputy Governor at the Bank of England has fired a damaging salvo at the SNPs post-independence currency uni...

College cuts are real

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Scotland's Further Education colleges have born the brunt of education cuts as a new Audit Scotland report confirms. Au...
Thursday, 22 August 2013

Another go at health and care integration

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Parliament will have another go at health and care integration next month with the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Bill. But will this be any ...
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Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Why we should worry about food safety

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THIS summer our newspapers have been full of stories about healthy bread, sausages and the risk of sugary drinks, to name but a few. While h...
Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Consumer protection - the case for independence?

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The Scottish Government’s policy paper on consumer protection rightly makes the case for these services to be run in Scotland, but its solut...
Monday, 12 August 2013

Pensions and the City

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Last week pensions champions across Scotland gathered to consider the latest developments in negotiations for a new Scottish Local Governmen...
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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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