Professor John Robertson OBA In the Guardian today: Rachel Reeves has effectively cut £2.5bn from the government’s national energy company by sharing the £8.3bn it was promised with a separate nucl…

This is Starmer's foreword to the White Paper on migration, published yesterday: The key section is: In 2023, under the previous government, inward migration exploded to over a million people a yea...

The May 2020 10 Downing St Cheese and Wine ‘meeting’, 5 Years On The illegal cheese and wine ‘meeting’ in the 10 Downing St garden in mid-May 2020 also marked another shift in the Tory Culture Wars…

Image – Holyrood Magazine – ‘Quality of Scotland’s drinking water improves in 2016’ – before Tory Lord Ashcroft bought it to foul its coverage. By JB In February…

Professor John Robertson OBA, former school teacher, teacher education lecturer and Associate Dean for Quality Assurance, 1980 to 2016 In December 2022, the Times could report the above stunning fa…

At the heart of the debate over the relationship between age and support for Scotland seceding from the United Kingdom is a key question: do Scots become less likely to support secession as they age, ...

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Learning through play literally builds brains. Policymakers and funding gatekeepers for state education programmes must understand this much better

Conservatives raised nearly £2m, Labour £1m and Reform £280,000 from donors in last three months of year

Ministers say ‘unsustainable’ rise in spending must be tackled but many backbenchers fear changes will not work

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Erect a Monument Honouring the Contributions of the Edinburgh Seven

“Falling for Trump and Farage – a road to ruin”

The Talking-up Scotland fund raiser primarily to enable the recruitment of some research assistance, in order to take pressure off me [74 in June and tiring] and hopefully to further improve the bl…

Scotland’s child poverty rate could fall to 21.8% by January 2029 from the current rate – believed to be 23.7%, according to forecasting data.

By Professor John Robertson OBA: From UK Poverty 2025 The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, today: There are diffe…

Joseph Rowntree Foundation warns one in three children will still be in poverty in England by the end of the decade - even with high economic growth - unless there is targeted support

ScotRail provides a first class service compared to privatised English rail companies

Why aren't more people talking about the Scottish Child Payment?

Professor John Robertson OBA, former schoolteacher, education lecturer and Associate Dean (Quality Assurance) Faculty of Education, UWS Alex Massie of the Times and Spectator, today claims: Scotlan…

The chancellor is to amend some of the changes to tax rules for non-domiciled individuals announced in October’s Budget

It comes after critics warned the plans could prompt wealthy people to leave the UK.