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Fraser Focus on low-income households: Introduction
Episode 159
Participants:
Ben Cooper - Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute
Chirsty McFadyen - Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute
Hannah Randolph - Fellow, Frase…
4 hours ago
Understanding local labour markets across Scotland
Episode 158
Participants
Dr Hannah Randolph (Economist, FAI)
Prof Mairi Spowage (Director, FAI)
Jack Evans (Senior Policy Advisor, JRF)
Time stamps
(0:22) Who w…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Study shows post-release supervision reduces reoffending in short and long run
Episode 157
00:00:08 – 00:00:35
Introduction to podcast, guests, and research topic (community supervision & re-offending).
00:00:35 – 00:01:24
Overview of pre…
4 months ago
2026 Scotland and Wales Election Analysis Ep 17: The aftermath of the elections
Episode 156
In the final episode of our election analysis series, Mairi Spowage and João Sousa of the Fraser of Allander Institute and Ed Poole and Guto Ifan of …
4 months, 1 week ago
2026 Scotland and Wales Election Analysis Ep 16: The fiscal outlook for Wales (Welsh episode)
Episode 155
**Please note that this recording is in Welsh - check out our other podcast episodes and our websites for analysis in English.** This is a recording …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
2026 Scotland and Wales Election Analysis Ep 15: The Welsh manifestos
Episode 154
Timestamps:
(0:05) Introductions
(1:14) Income tax proposals
(6:21) Land transaction tax
(9:12) Spending proposals on childcare
(12:36) Costings of p…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
2026 Scotland and Wales Election Analysis Ep 14: Round-up of the week
Episode 153
Timestamps:
(0:05) Introductions
(1:18) Rows about costings publications in Wales
(6:06) Costings publications in Scotland
(9:56) The effect of List …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
2026 Scotland and Wales Election Analysis Ep 13: Health spending in Wales
Episode 152
Timestamps:
(0:06) Introductions
(1:57) Health's place in the Welsh Government's budget
(5:48) Performance of the Welsh NHS
(10:51) Productivity chal…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
2026 Scotland and Wales Election Analysis Ep 12: The Scottish manifestos
Episode 151
Timestamps:
(0:05) Introductions
(0:46) The level of detail of the manifestos
(9:47) Costings in the manifestos
(16:44) The SNP's food price cap
(18:…
5 months ago
2026 Scotland and Wales Election Analysis Ep 11: Round-up of the week
Episode 150
Timestamps:
(0:05) Introductions
(1:20) Reflections from the event in Bangor
(2:49) Reflections from the event in Edinburgh
(5:31) Mutual investment …
5 months ago