I attended the annual awards dinner of COSLA last night. I would stress that I was simply a guest, having spoken at the COSLA conference
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I spoke at the  COSLA  conference this afternoon. COSLA represents local authorities in Scotland. This was my second visit to their conference.  It was good to
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Next Saturday I am in Glasgow. See you there? DESCRIPTION Houses are not just walls with price tags. Houses are homes, which are the centre of
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I was part of a discussion at Holyrood on Scottish Economic Data this morning, which I have previously  flagged, as I did the evidence submitted.
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The Scottish Herald newspaper had an excellent article on Scotland as a tax haven yesterday which also focused on one of my continual concerns, which
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I have already noted my submission of evidence to the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee of the Scottish Parliament on the quality of Scottish Economic Data.
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I am appearing before the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood on September 19. The committee is reviewing the
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Sometimes I get the impression that there is the odd person out there in the wider world who does not agree with every word I
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Nicola Sturgeon suggested yesterday that the time has come when Scotland might need to raise its taxes to meet social need. It seems that the
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