Understanding climate’s ‘hot girl summer’

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Twenty-seven years of devolution have disappointed hopes that the Scottish parliament would foster a fresh “new politics” in Scotland. Voter turnout collap

In terms of the political makeup of the parliament, arguably little has changed: the SNP still lack a majority but continue to hold the dominant position;

John Swinney will appoint a new finance secretary soon - but whoever gets the job as the unenviable task of grappling with a looming £5 billion black hole in the public finances

Climate may not be a bit vote-winner, but it's also not a big loser. So why are parties going quiet on this big challenge of our time?

Parties from across the political spectrum are unable to face up to reality

Now that all the main parties have published their Holyrood 2026 election manifestos, we can assess how they perform against the five key tests we set out

A good manifesto, in general terms, must surely blend a positive vision for the country with a credible and coherent policy programme which addresses voter

The Scottish government is set to publish a new set of child poverty statistics for 2024-25. While we expect some movement in the figures due to improvemen

Ongoing pressures on the Scottish government budget are firing debate about the public sector paybill. Is the public sector in Scotland unmanageably big? A

Rather than parse the fine detail of the budget (others, including our friends at FAI, are already doing this very effectively) this blog will zoom out to

Actor and founder of Graeae, a theatre company and platform for disabled and neurodivergent performers

Ambitious proposals for systemic reform of the Child Maintenance Service to improve financial security for children in single parent families.

IPPR Scotland welcomes the new climate targets agreed by the Scottish government today.  Dave Hawkey, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR Scotland said: “In the w

Labour has a new fiscal blackhole and the clamour for the Chancellor to fill it by hitting Britain's most prosperous residents is growing

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The former PM’s clumsy climate intervention exposes the new political contest over the environment

Bills will rise on April 1 - and new polling has revealed Scots do not trust either the SNP or Scottish Labour to stop the trend

Child poverty figures are down, but they fall short of the Scottish government's interim target.

Stephen Boyd, director of IPPR Scotland, said:“The Chancellor is correct in saying that the world has changed. Fiscal challenges are only likely to intensi