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Ahead of tomorrow's Scottish budget I thought I'd share some thoughts on why it's time for the government to be brave and finally address the challenges facing our vital public services which are crying out not just for money, but for fundamental reforms.
With the latest Scottish budget on the horizon, associate partner @RachelWatson27 Watson writes in this week's View from the Street that addressing the sustainability challenges of Scotland's public services will require a longer-term funding strategy.
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Back on the Sunday Show this morning chatting through today’s papers with @therachelamery and @sgmcginty.
Lots of politics to get through - the Scottish Tory leadership race, a new Holyrood 2026 poll and Keir Starmer’s admission that “things will get worse before we get better”
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Keir Starmer has taken some heat for his intention to prioritise family time. But in this week's View from the Street, associate partner @RachelWatson27 argues that, even in public service, work-life balance is a boundary that should be celebrated.
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ICYMI: Why I think this election campaign needs more policy detail and hope for voters - and less drama.
Although given events over the weekend and this morning it feels I might be hoping for a little too much......
Opinion: read @cstreetpartners Associate Partner @RachelWatson27: "Our politicians must give people hope – not drama" --> on the #PublicAffairs industry #news page: tinyurl.com/mr3a64np
ALT Our politicians must give people hope – not drama
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Are election messages really resonating outside our individual political bubbles? Associate partner @RachelWatson27 writes that to grab voters' attention, candidates would do well to swap the mudslinging for more substantive policy debates.
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Great to win Team of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards for our print and digital coverage of the SNP police investigation. Top
@scottishsun team included
@RachelWatson27
@LewisMcKenzie94
and our formidable digital desk
BREAKING: Former Chancellor Alistair Darling has died aged 70, a spokesperson on behalf of his family said. Via @PA
Sir Keir Starmer arrives in Rutherglen and Hamilton West with his newest MP Michael Shanks and Anas Sarwar
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EXC: Scotland's prisons chief has warned against courts handing out more custodial sentences when the new HMP Stirling opens this summer thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10…
EXC: In his final newspaper interview as Children’s Commissioner @Bruce_Adamson told me SNP ministers are ‘failing to deliver' for Scots kids with a trail of broken promises - including the failure to incorporate the UNCRC into Scots law. thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10…
Mr Adamson also raised serious concerns over the government’s failure to tackle child poverty.
He said: “The Scottish Government is absolutely failing to deliver for children.”
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A Scottish Labour “rigging” row has escalated with activists now threatening not to campaign for the party in a furious “formal complaint” to Sir Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar
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Scottish Labour is engulfed in a fresh ‘rigging’ row in the party's bid to replace shamed MP Margaret Ferrier.
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Nicola Sturgeon describes the last few weeks since Peter Murrell’s arrest as “traumatic” - but refused to discuss the police probe including Qs on motorhome purchase
