Income inequality
What do we know about the relationship between air pollution, health, and inequality in Glasgow?
Author / Creator: Allison Catalano
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2024
Glasgow has some of the worst air quality levels in Scotland
Glasgow Data Catalogue 2025
Author / Creator: Chrissie Blair
Media type: Report
Date published: 2025
Data on environmental, energy, transport, economic, health, and inequality indicators relevant to the City of Glasgow
The issue of poverty in older adults and the impacts for health and social care
Author / Creator: Gunurra Doe
Media type: Article
Date published: 2025
Poverty in later life is the scourge of modern society
https://reidfoundation.scot/2024/02/pay-in-scotland/
Author / Creator: Jimmy Reid Foundation
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
Real pay in Scotland increased in the second half of 2023 but remains below where it was two and a half years ago.
The Case for Taxation
Author / Creator: The Jimmy Reid Foundation
Media type: Briefing
Date published:
The progressive case for taxation is grounded in principles of fairness, social justice, economic stability, and democratic governance. By taxing higher incomes at a higher rate, society can more effectively address income inequality, promote economic growth, and invest in public services that benefit everyone.
Scotland After Britain: The Two Souls of Scottish Independence
Author / Creator: James Foley
Media type: Book
Date published: 2022
What is Scottish Independence for?
Going for growth – or broke?
Author / Creator: David Eiser
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
Reaction to the Tax, Stamp Duty, Investment proposals in September 2022 UK budget.
A Better Nation. The Challenges of Scottish Independence
Author / Creator: Gerry Hassan
Media type: eBook
Date published: 2022
A Better Nation aims to go beyond the superficial divisions and media noise in order to address matters of real substance.
One in five people in Scotland now live in poverty – here’s what’s being done to tackle it
Author / Creator: John H McKendrick
Media type: Article
Date published:
The latest estimate (2018) is that one million people in Scotland are living in relative poverty – that is, after housing costs, they are left with a household income that is below 60% of the national median.
A Guide to Scottish GDP
Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute
Media type: Guide
Date published: 2020
- Scotland's GDP per head is at the average of the OECD countries, just behind Great Britain.
- Gross Vaue Added per head - the most being 3 times the least area.
- Disposable income per head has much less variation.
- The Human Development Index shows Scotland very close to the UK
Was Britain's economy already broken or will Brexit break it?
Author / Creator: The National
Media type: News Media
Date published:
The economic situation has been made even worse by the unfolding disaster that is Brexit. Scotland's view has been ignored by the Westminster government.