(00:37) Main reflections on the Budget

(03:22) Key tax announcements 

(09:15) Announcements – or not – on council tax

(12:03) Social care spending increases starting to come through

(13:45) Scottish child payment & child poverty measures

(15:40) Local Government Funding impacts

(00:49) What does ITP Energised do?

(02:45) How have your operations changed in recent years?

(04:38) How important is the rise of “sustainable” or “green” finance in the progress towards net zero?

(05:58) What opportunities are there for the energy transition in Scotland for supply chain development?

(08:17) How are skills mismatches affecting the transition to net zero? Is this affecting your business?

(10:11) How have you adapted your business during COVID, and how might that shape your operations in the future?

(13:03) Have you noticed a change in the desire from companies to really be green and socially responsible in recent years?

(16:58) What do you think and hope may come out of COP26, both personally and for your business?

Chair 

Stuart McIntyre, FAI

Guests 

Mairi Spowage, FAI

David Eiser, FAI

Time stamps

(01:10) What are the key economic headlines from yesterday's budget?

(04:30) Do you think heightened uncertainty may result in less spending in future budgets?

(06:20) What are the key fiscal issues from the budget?

(09:10) What does all of this mean for Scotland?

(11:10) What pressures are expected?

(14:17) What are the changes surrounding UC?

(19:00) What do we expect in terms of levelling up?

(23: 30) How 'green' is the UK budget?

(27:10) Are there any key things to look out for in the upcoming Scottish budget?

Chair 

Emma Congreve, FAI

Guests 

Chris Birt, JRF 

Peter Kelly, Poverty Alliance 

Time stamps

(00:53) Background to Challenge Poverty Week

(08:32) Summary of JRF Poverty in Scotland 2021

(11:49) Overview of FAI modelling work on child poverty

(15:01) Discussion on the child poverty targets

Link to challenge poverty week:  

https://www.challengepoverty.net/

Link to JRF Poverty in Scotland 2021:  

https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/poverty-scotland-2021  

Timestamps:
(01:32) What is get2gether?
(03:49) What members have learned at get2gether and why this matters.
(11:35) Sex education for people with learning disabilities.
(16:42) Why people with learning disabilities often have low expectations of relationships.
(22:32) The barriers to making progress.
(24:13) Relationships and The Keys to Life.
(28:32) What policy changes do get2gether ambassadors want to see?

(00:00) Headlines from GERS...
(03:36) This year's areas of controversy
(08:52) What drives the differences between Scotland and the UK?
(10:08) What the figures mean for the constitutional debate
(13:47) Is there an issue of structural unfairness in the UK?
(16:52) The latest labour market data
(20:58) Is there any evidence of labour shortages?
(26:36) What about the longer-term outlook?
(31:00) Is there any differential impact on Scotland?
(34:10) Look ahead to what is coming up over the next couple of weeks
 

Timestamps
1:22 What is Breaking Barriers?
10:03 Breaking Barriers graduates share their stories

Featuring
Fraser of Allander: Rob Watts
Strathclyde Business School: Heather Stenhouse
Breaking Barriers graduates: Michael Higgins, Joe Kingdom and Lewis Cassidy

Check out the  Local Zero podcast here, or through your favourite podcast platform.

Timestamps
(00:38) Introduction to Local Zero podcast
(01:43) What is meant by a green recovery?
(04:09) The climate change related policies in the manifestos
(08:54) Oil and Gas transition, including reskilling & training
(13:55) Policy ideas that were surprising - or areas that have not been discussed
(19:38) Where are we on net zero compared to where we need to be?
(24:38) The importance of COP26 in Glasgow

Contributors

Adam McGeoch, FAI

Mairi Spowage, FAI

Emma Congreve, FAI

Divergent Influencers

Timestamps

(00:38) Economic data and analysis we’ve published this week

(07:12) Learning Disabilities in the parties' manifestos

(11:32) A discussion with Divergent Influencers

(22:01) Child poverty in the manifestos

(25:56) Upcoming analysis

Contributors
Mairi Spowage, FAI

Emma Congreve, FAI

David Eiser, FAI

Alf Young, The Times

Timestamps

(00:48) Manifesto Analysis

(06:33) A discussion with Alf Young

(20:46) Economic Data and Analysis we’ve published this week