As the dust settles on the 2026 Holyrood election, Scotland’s political parties are variously celebrating their gains and licking their wounds.

Ipsos’ post-Holyrood poll shows that a third (32%) of voters only made their minds up about how they would vote within the last week of the campaign, with 1 in 10 (11%) deciding on polling day itself.

This report summarises key findings from research to extend understanding of the challenges posed by nonresponse and nonresponse bias in the Scottish Government's general population surveys, and ident...

This paper presents learning from the evaluation of the child poverty pathfinders in Dundee and Glasgow about evaluating evolving and complex programmes. It is intended to support policy makers, progr...

This independent evaluation reports impacts and learning from the Child Poverty Pathfinders in Dundee and Glasgow, place-based partnerships aimed at system change to tackle child poverty. The evaluati...

Main findings from Scottish Climate Survey.

Main findings from Scottish Climate Survey.

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Polling evidence indicates that there is now little in it between Reform UK and the Conservatives as to which party takes third place behind the SNP…