The Reformer Scotland

Apr 28, 2026

How do you fix the NHS? Part3: Tax junk food and educate

IMAGINE THE HEADLINE: “Reform UK pledges to reduce the NHS Scotland budget by 20%”. NHS expenditure in Scotland is about twice as high per…

Apr 24, 2026

How do you fix the NHS? Part 2: Death in the supermarket

David Stark

IN THE REFORM UK HAMILTON CONSTITUENCY OFFICE in May 2025, one person was lunching on a Pot Noodle and another on chips with curry…

How do you fix the NHS? Part 2: Death in the supermarket

Apr 23, 2026

Scotland’s education failure: how it abandoned the skills–history dialectic

Graeme Arnott

WHEN I FIRST ANALYSED parental perceptions of the value of apprenticeship learning in 2022, 46 per cent of Scots championed apprenticeships as providing children…

Scotland’s education failure: how it abandoned the skills–history dialectic

Apr 23, 2026

The case for market-led planning reform in Scotland

Tom Miers

ONE OF THE THORNIEST PROBLEMS in public policy – and one that has been discussed already on this site – is the question of…

The case for market-led planning reform in Scotland

Apr 22, 2026

The Lochaber warning: Why UK industry can’t afford net zero

Patrick Benham-Crosswell

THE SPAT THAT HAS CLOSED the Straits of Hormuz has highlighted the UK's vulnerability to imported oil and (particularly) gas. This is despite the…

The Lochaber warning: Why UK industry can’t afford net zero

Apr 21, 2026

Nothing off limits: Now they want your pension

Ewen Stewart

LABOUR’S INNOCUOUS-SOUNDING PENSION SCHEMES BILL is very far from benign. It potentially heralds one of the greatest attacks on private wealth ever considered by…

Nothing off limits: Now they want your pension

Apr 21, 2026

Kraken: How the UK could unleash a North Sea energy powerhouse

Jonathan Stanley

AS THE GRANGEMOUTH REFINERY edges toward closure, the UK faces a pivotal moment in energy, industry, and geopolitics. For decades, Grangemouth stood as a…