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Challenge Poverty Week: keeping curiosity at the heart of our response to poverty

Hanna McCulloch, Child Poverty and SAVVI Programme Manager, reflects on Challenge Poverty Week.

Ambition to Action: Our Contribution to Closing the Public Service Reform Implementation Gap

This is the final blog in a series of three considering Scotland’s new phase of Public Service Reform. Irene Beautyman, former Place and Wellbeing Partnership Lead, discusses the growing recognition…

Is The National Conversation Overlooking Local Progress in Tackling Child Poverty? Insights from Year 7 LCPARs

Isabella Williams, Child Poverty Project Officer, asks the question: is the national conversation overlooking local progress in tackling child poverty?

22 September 2026

Duties and Powers Portal: From Launch to Live Use

Hannah Brown, Transformation Project Manager at the Improvement Service, discusses how the new Duties and Powers portal is being used in a range of practical ways across the sector.

UNCRC incorporation and Scotland’s Human Rights Bill: joining the dots for local government

Felicia Szloboda, Human Rights Project Manager, explores how UNCRC Incorporation and Scotland's Human Rights Bill are shaping a rights-based approach in local government, and what councils can do now …

Is land use planning Scotland’s most overlooked preventative public service?

Irene Beautyman, Place and Wellbeing Partnership Lead, discusses If land use planning is Scotland’s most overlooked preventative public service.

Public sector reform and Planning data: embedding efficiency in our work

Aline Kirkland, Digital Planning Data Project Manager, discusses how effective use of planning data can support Scotland's public service reform ambitions.

Supporting Progress on Local Development Plans

Olivia Neame, Planning Improvement Officer in the Improvement Service, outlines the work being undertaken to help create new style local development plans.

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