Dave Hawkey
@davehawkey.bsky.social
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📢 Starting today, we will publish a series of blogs as part of our project on Employment, Productivity and Reform in the Scottish Public Sector.
First up, this blog by @davehawkey.bsky.social looking at teacher pay per pupil in Scotland in an international context. ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/app...
First up, this blog by @davehawkey.bsky.social looking at teacher pay per pupil in Scotland in an international context. ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/app...
Apples and oranges? Scottish teachers’ pay in international context | IPPR
Ongoing pressures on the Scottish government budget are firing debate about the public sector paybill. Is the public sector in Scotland unmanageably big? A
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January 29, 2026 at 9:59 AM
📢 Starting today, we will publish a series of blogs as part of our project on Employment, Productivity and Reform in the Scottish Public Sector.
First up, this blog by @davehawkey.bsky.social looking at teacher pay per pupil in Scotland in an international context. ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/app...
First up, this blog by @davehawkey.bsky.social looking at teacher pay per pupil in Scotland in an international context. ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/app...
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Our response to the Budget made the airwaves📻
@bbc5live.bsky.social led with our take on the Budget as “tepid” in conversation with Scotland’s Public Finance Minister Ivan McKee.
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@bbc5live.bsky.social led with our take on the Budget as “tepid” in conversation with Scotland’s Public Finance Minister Ivan McKee.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Our response to the Budget made the airwaves📻
@bbc5live.bsky.social led with our take on the Budget as “tepid” in conversation with Scotland’s Public Finance Minister Ivan McKee.
🎧👇
@bbc5live.bsky.social led with our take on the Budget as “tepid” in conversation with Scotland’s Public Finance Minister Ivan McKee.
🎧👇
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Scotland’s Budget raises ambition — but ducks the hard fiscal choices⚠️
👶Eradicating child poverty isn’t cheap.
🌡️Climate action needs additional spend.
🏫Public services can’t improve on real-terms cuts.
Read more in @stephenboydippr.bsky.social's blog here ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/pol...
👶Eradicating child poverty isn’t cheap.
🌡️Climate action needs additional spend.
🏫Public services can’t improve on real-terms cuts.
Read more in @stephenboydippr.bsky.social's blog here ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/pol...
Policy credibility and the Scottish Budget | IPPR
Rather than parse the fine detail of the budget (others, including our friends at FAI, are already doing this very effectively) this blog will zoom out to
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January 15, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Scotland’s Budget raises ambition — but ducks the hard fiscal choices⚠️
👶Eradicating child poverty isn’t cheap.
🌡️Climate action needs additional spend.
🏫Public services can’t improve on real-terms cuts.
Read more in @stephenboydippr.bsky.social's blog here ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/pol...
👶Eradicating child poverty isn’t cheap.
🌡️Climate action needs additional spend.
🏫Public services can’t improve on real-terms cuts.
Read more in @stephenboydippr.bsky.social's blog here ⤵️
www.ippr.org/articles/pol...
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Some early thoughts on the Scottish budget:
Yet again, short-term politically driven tax changes with minimal real impact are prioritised over the development of a serious, long-term strategy to achieve the revenues necessary to deliver on the FM’s 4 key priorities. This can’t go on. 1/
Yet again, short-term politically driven tax changes with minimal real impact are prioritised over the development of a serious, long-term strategy to achieve the revenues necessary to deliver on the FM’s 4 key priorities. This can’t go on. 1/
January 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Some early thoughts on the Scottish budget:
Yet again, short-term politically driven tax changes with minimal real impact are prioritised over the development of a serious, long-term strategy to achieve the revenues necessary to deliver on the FM’s 4 key priorities. This can’t go on. 1/
Yet again, short-term politically driven tax changes with minimal real impact are prioritised over the development of a serious, long-term strategy to achieve the revenues necessary to deliver on the FM’s 4 key priorities. This can’t go on. 1/
Scottish government prevarication on heat in buildings continues.
In 2020 SG committed £1.6bn over this parliament, later raised to £1.8bn. Today's spending review commits £1.3bn to 2030. This is a cut to a budget that was already below the level it needs to reach.
In 2020 SG committed £1.6bn over this parliament, later raised to £1.8bn. Today's spending review commits £1.3bn to 2030. This is a cut to a budget that was already below the level it needs to reach.
January 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Scottish government prevarication on heat in buildings continues.
In 2020 SG committed £1.6bn over this parliament, later raised to £1.8bn. Today's spending review commits £1.3bn to 2030. This is a cut to a budget that was already below the level it needs to reach.
In 2020 SG committed £1.6bn over this parliament, later raised to £1.8bn. Today's spending review commits £1.3bn to 2030. This is a cut to a budget that was already below the level it needs to reach.
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No, welfare spending is not 'out of control'.
(There is an underlying rise in health-related benfits, but this needs sensible reform - not knee jerk cuts.)
(There is an underlying rise in health-related benfits, but this needs sensible reform - not knee jerk cuts.)
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
No, welfare spending is not 'out of control'.
(There is an underlying rise in health-related benfits, but this needs sensible reform - not knee jerk cuts.)
(There is an underlying rise in health-related benfits, but this needs sensible reform - not knee jerk cuts.)
When I was a kid, Nabil used to tell me and my sibs the wildest sci fi stories that he improvised with us as main characters. Absolutely the best.
One of the coolest most inspiring people I’ve had the good fortune to meet. Rest in peace. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
One of the coolest most inspiring people I’ve had the good fortune to meet. Rest in peace. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
Nabil Shaban obituary
Actor and founder of Graeae, a theatre company and platform for disabled and neurodivergent performers
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
When I was a kid, Nabil used to tell me and my sibs the wildest sci fi stories that he improvised with us as main characters. Absolutely the best.
One of the coolest most inspiring people I’ve had the good fortune to meet. Rest in peace. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
One of the coolest most inspiring people I’ve had the good fortune to meet. Rest in peace. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
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After months of planning and plotting, safe to say our conference yesterday was a success. A big thank you to everyone present. Some highlights⤵️
@johnswinney.bsky.social
@anassarwar.bsky.social
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
@davehawkey.bsky.social
@caseysmithippr.bsky.social
@sukhadatatke.bsky.social
@johnswinney.bsky.social
@anassarwar.bsky.social
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
@davehawkey.bsky.social
@caseysmithippr.bsky.social
@sukhadatatke.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
After months of planning and plotting, safe to say our conference yesterday was a success. A big thank you to everyone present. Some highlights⤵️
@johnswinney.bsky.social
@anassarwar.bsky.social
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
@davehawkey.bsky.social
@caseysmithippr.bsky.social
@sukhadatatke.bsky.social
@johnswinney.bsky.social
@anassarwar.bsky.social
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
@davehawkey.bsky.social
@caseysmithippr.bsky.social
@sukhadatatke.bsky.social
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🚸Too many children are missing out on the child maintenance support they deserve.
It’s time for change!
We
@ipprscotland.bsky.social
alongside @opfs.org.uk
,
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social
are calling for a fairer, safer system.
📄 opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
It’s time for change!
We
@ipprscotland.bsky.social
alongside @opfs.org.uk
,
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social
are calling for a fairer, safer system.
📄 opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
Better for everyone: a new vision for child maintenance - One Parent Families Scotland
Ambitious proposals for systemic reform of the Child Maintenance Service to improve financial security for children in single parent families.
opfs.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🚸Too many children are missing out on the child maintenance support they deserve.
It’s time for change!
We
@ipprscotland.bsky.social
alongside @opfs.org.uk
,
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social
are calling for a fairer, safer system.
📄 opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
It’s time for change!
We
@ipprscotland.bsky.social
alongside @opfs.org.uk
,
@fifegingerbread.bsky.social
are calling for a fairer, safer system.
📄 opfs.org.uk/betterforeve...
#TransformingChildMaintenance
Good discussion on tackling child poverty today on an SNP conf panel with @sa4dunfermline.bsky.social, Mary Glasgow and the parent from Changing Realities (sorry I misplaced your name!). Thanks @cpagscotland.bsky.social for organising and John Dickie for chairing.
October 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Good discussion on tackling child poverty today on an SNP conf panel with @sa4dunfermline.bsky.social, Mary Glasgow and the parent from Changing Realities (sorry I misplaced your name!). Thanks @cpagscotland.bsky.social for organising and John Dickie for chairing.
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📢 We are in Aberdeen this weekend at the SNP conference, hosting three fringe events. A conference pass is required to attend the events. Hope to see you there. Details below ⤵️
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📢 We are in Aberdeen this weekend at the SNP conference, hosting three fringe events. A conference pass is required to attend the events. Hope to see you there. Details below ⤵️
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"The forthcoming climate plan must be built on sound financial and democratic pillars. That means a clear role for taxes, so we share transition costs fairly rather than leaving individuals to do it alone." - @davehawkey.bsky.social responds to today's climate targets www.ippr.org/media-office...
IPPR Scotland responds to the Scottish government’s new climate targets | IPPR
IPPR Scotland welcomes the new climate targets agreed by the Scottish government today. Dave Hawkey, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR Scotland said: “In the w
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October 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"The forthcoming climate plan must be built on sound financial and democratic pillars. That means a clear role for taxes, so we share transition costs fairly rather than leaving individuals to do it alone." - @davehawkey.bsky.social responds to today's climate targets www.ippr.org/media-office...
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Equalising capital gains with income tax is fair, sensible, & could raise £14bn a year.
It was famously 'pro-growth' Tory chancellor Nigel Lawson who equalised CGT with IT in the first place - and our analysis shows millionaires wouldn’t flee.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
It was famously 'pro-growth' Tory chancellor Nigel Lawson who equalised CGT with IT in the first place - and our analysis shows millionaires wouldn’t flee.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Mansions, income or inheritance? Reeves's options for a wealth tax
Labour has a new fiscal blackhole and the clamour for the Chancellor to fill it by hitting Britain's most prosperous residents is growing
inews.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Equalising capital gains with income tax is fair, sensible, & could raise £14bn a year.
It was famously 'pro-growth' Tory chancellor Nigel Lawson who equalised CGT with IT in the first place - and our analysis shows millionaires wouldn’t flee.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
It was famously 'pro-growth' Tory chancellor Nigel Lawson who equalised CGT with IT in the first place - and our analysis shows millionaires wouldn’t flee.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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🎯The broad settlement for Scotland in today's Spending Review is welcome but not enough to meet its fiscal challenges.
👀All eyes should now be on the upcoming industrial strategy.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social reacts ⤵️
Full statement on our website: www.ippr.org/media-office...
👀All eyes should now be on the upcoming industrial strategy.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social reacts ⤵️
Full statement on our website: www.ippr.org/media-office...
June 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎯The broad settlement for Scotland in today's Spending Review is welcome but not enough to meet its fiscal challenges.
👀All eyes should now be on the upcoming industrial strategy.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social reacts ⤵️
Full statement on our website: www.ippr.org/media-office...
👀All eyes should now be on the upcoming industrial strategy.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social reacts ⤵️
Full statement on our website: www.ippr.org/media-office...
Today’s emission figures are disappointing but hardly surprising. Stalled progress on climate is rooted in inadequate political leadership. www.gov.scot/news/scottis...
Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2023
An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland.
www.gov.scot
June 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Today’s emission figures are disappointing but hardly surprising. Stalled progress on climate is rooted in inadequate political leadership. www.gov.scot/news/scottis...
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🌡️Stalled progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions raises urgent questions about how Scotland meets its targets for net zero.
🎯Action is needed now, and the upcoming Climate Change Plan will be the litmus test for meeting the moment.
🎯Action is needed now, and the upcoming Climate Change Plan will be the litmus test for meeting the moment.
June 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🌡️Stalled progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions raises urgent questions about how Scotland meets its targets for net zero.
🎯Action is needed now, and the upcoming Climate Change Plan will be the litmus test for meeting the moment.
🎯Action is needed now, and the upcoming Climate Change Plan will be the litmus test for meeting the moment.
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🗳️Voters in Hamilton have shown they want to a fairer, greener future, but can Scottish politicians afford to be complacent? Certainly not.
✅2026 cannot be a contest mired in negativity but a battle for the high ground.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
✅2026 cannot be a contest mired in negativity but a battle for the high ground.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🗳️Voters in Hamilton have shown they want to a fairer, greener future, but can Scottish politicians afford to be complacent? Certainly not.
✅2026 cannot be a contest mired in negativity but a battle for the high ground.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
✅2026 cannot be a contest mired in negativity but a battle for the high ground.
@stephenboydippr.bsky.social
This is a wildly misleading headline on @hannahmargbrown.bsky.social story today
"Immigration ranked as top concern for Scots, new report reveals"
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2519162...
"Immigration ranked as top concern for Scots, new report reveals"
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2519162...
www.heraldscotland.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is a wildly misleading headline on @hannahmargbrown.bsky.social story today
"Immigration ranked as top concern for Scots, new report reveals"
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2519162...
"Immigration ranked as top concern for Scots, new report reveals"
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2519162...
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⚠️The CCC published expert advice on how the Scottish government can tackle the climate crisis.
📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social spoke to @laurapiper.bsky.social of STV to elucidate further: "What we need now is a policy package that can step up to deliver [the simple things recommended by the CCC]."
📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social spoke to @laurapiper.bsky.social of STV to elucidate further: "What we need now is a policy package that can step up to deliver [the simple things recommended by the CCC]."
May 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
⚠️The CCC published expert advice on how the Scottish government can tackle the climate crisis.
📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social spoke to @laurapiper.bsky.social of STV to elucidate further: "What we need now is a policy package that can step up to deliver [the simple things recommended by the CCC]."
📺 @davehawkey.bsky.social spoke to @laurapiper.bsky.social of STV to elucidate further: "What we need now is a policy package that can step up to deliver [the simple things recommended by the CCC]."
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⚠️It is time to focus on adopting “climate missions”: coherent plans to coordinate change that everyone eventually will be a part of.
We respond to the Climate Change Committee's advice published today⤵️
@davehawkey.bsky.social
We respond to the Climate Change Committee's advice published today⤵️
@davehawkey.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
⚠️It is time to focus on adopting “climate missions”: coherent plans to coordinate change that everyone eventually will be a part of.
We respond to the Climate Change Committee's advice published today⤵️
@davehawkey.bsky.social
We respond to the Climate Change Committee's advice published today⤵️
@davehawkey.bsky.social
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Thanks @prospectmagazine.co.uk @aloner.bsky.social who let me write about Tony Blair's recent tribute act to the TB-GBs of New Labour, with some more serious consideration of where his NZ antipathy comes and the new politics if climate
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...
Tony Blair’s ideas for net zero are expensive and unpopular
The former PM’s clumsy climate intervention exposes the new political contest over the environment
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Thanks @prospectmagazine.co.uk @aloner.bsky.social who let me write about Tony Blair's recent tribute act to the TB-GBs of New Labour, with some more serious consideration of where his NZ antipathy comes and the new politics if climate
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...
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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...
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🚗 | NEW REPORT: Around 25,000 car manufacturing jobs in the UK are at risk if Trump announces new tariffs today. But as one door closes another one opens. There is huge untapped potential in building & selling green planes, trains and automobiles.
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/pla...
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/pla...
April 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
🚗 | NEW REPORT: Around 25,000 car manufacturing jobs in the UK are at risk if Trump announces new tariffs today. But as one door closes another one opens. There is huge untapped potential in building & selling green planes, trains and automobiles.
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/pla...
Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/pla...
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"The political debate is lopsided, focusing on electricity while ignoring our dependence on gas for heating. This is an amazing omission given gas makes up half of a typical Scottish energy bill." @davehawkey.bsky.social tells @alexofbrown.bsky.social @scotsman.com
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Poll: Scots do not trust either SNP or Labour to fix soaring energy bills
Bills will rise on April 1 - and new polling has revealed Scots do not trust either the SNP or Scottish Labour to stop the trend
www.scotsman.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:17 AM
"The political debate is lopsided, focusing on electricity while ignoring our dependence on gas for heating. This is an amazing omission given gas makes up half of a typical Scottish energy bill." @davehawkey.bsky.social tells @alexofbrown.bsky.social @scotsman.com
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
No child deserves to live in poverty, yet today's figures highlight the work still to be done to eradicate child poverty.
Tweaking the system isn’t enough - ending child poverty requires a clearer debate about our shared prosperity and how costs are distributed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tweaking the system isn’t enough - ending child poverty requires a clearer debate about our shared prosperity and how costs are distributed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scotland misses interim child poverty targets
Child poverty figures are down, but they fall short of the Scottish government's interim target.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
No child deserves to live in poverty, yet today's figures highlight the work still to be done to eradicate child poverty.
Tweaking the system isn’t enough - ending child poverty requires a clearer debate about our shared prosperity and how costs are distributed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tweaking the system isn’t enough - ending child poverty requires a clearer debate about our shared prosperity and how costs are distributed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🚨 New child poverty figures out today paint a stark picture - 22% of children in Scotland are trapped in poverty
➡️ While lower than the UK’s 31% rate, this still falls short of the 18% interim target. Urgent action is needed
Our response ⤵️
www.ippr.org/media-office...
➡️ While lower than the UK’s 31% rate, this still falls short of the 18% interim target. Urgent action is needed
Our response ⤵️
www.ippr.org/media-office...
March 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🚨 New child poverty figures out today paint a stark picture - 22% of children in Scotland are trapped in poverty
➡️ While lower than the UK’s 31% rate, this still falls short of the 18% interim target. Urgent action is needed
Our response ⤵️
www.ippr.org/media-office...
➡️ While lower than the UK’s 31% rate, this still falls short of the 18% interim target. Urgent action is needed
Our response ⤵️
www.ippr.org/media-office...