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Emma Congreve, Mairi Spowage and Joao Sousa

About Emma Congreve, Mairi Spowage and Joao Sousa

Doputy director and director, respectively, of the Fraser of Allander Institute. João is deputy director and Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow.

What’s in the new Programme for Government? Look in the long grass

September 8, 2023 by Emma Congreve, Mairi Spowage and Joao Sousa Leave a Comment

It’s a new term at Holyrood, and a new Programme for Government – the first for the new First Minister Humza Yousaf.In terms of content, however, there are not a lot of new ideas to get excited about. This isn’t necessarily a criticism – we all remember the meltdown generated by a certain “mini-budget” statement made by the UK Government about this time last year. In … [Read more...] about What’s in the new Programme for Government? Look in the long grass

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