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Emma Congreve

About Emma Congreve

Emma Congreve is a Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute, leading the Institute’s work on poverty, inequality and inclusive growth. Emma was a senior economist at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and an economic adviser within the Scottish Government.

Plotting Scotland’s unsettled future

May 11, 2023 by Emma Congreve Leave a Comment

“There is no question that leaving the EU will leave our economy smaller and less successful than would otherwise have been the case. But rather than dwelling on this ‘borrowed future’, we need to have consensus on how to move forward. That consensus can be especially hard to find when politics in Scotland is often binary and confrontational in nature….”

Eradicating poverty in Scotland: a long way to go

March 27, 2023 by Emma Congreve Leave a Comment

“Relative poverty needs to move down to 18%  by 2023-24 to meet this target (and then down to 10% by 2030-31). It goes without saying that there is a long way to go!

Climate change and farming

October 21, 2021 by Emma Congreve 1 Comment

“The prizes in terms of turning farming into a low emissions sector are significant, and necessary, to meet Scotland’s climate change targets. The challenge is to ensure food production can operate at a sufficient scale and quality to make the sector financially, as well as environmentally, sustainable.”

National Care Service: adequately funded?

September 18, 2021 by Emma Congreve 1 Comment

“We hope that a clear, transparent, assessment of financial requirements, that meets with consensus from those who know, work for and draw on these services, emerges. An underfunded National Care Service is unlikely to do any better than the system that it seeks to replace.”

Free school meals and child poverty

December 6, 2020 by Emma Congreve Leave a Comment

‘Child poverty is a systemic and deep routed issue that has been prevalent in our society for too long.  However, universal free school meals all year round are unlikely to be the most effective way of tackling this issue.’

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