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Inside Track 14 Interview: Scotland’s Information Commissioner, Kevin Dunion
20 Focus: Regeneration
25 Insight: Driving Glasgow 2014’s legacy out into local communities
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30 Local Government: SOLACE Scotland’s new chairman
38 Education: A rocky start for Scotland’s language drive
44 Health: Volunteers can add value to health services
50 Justice: Crucial time for human rights legislation in Britain
56 Environment: Where now for EU energy policy? 62 Business: Doing business with China
Glasgow 2014’s legacy page 25 Opinion
67 Henry McLeish: The causes of soaring youth unemployment reach far beyond the downturn
68 John Curtice: Perceptions of the economic consequences of independence are playing a crucial role in shaping people’s attitudes
69 Jim Sillars: Scots need to ask some searching questions
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3 Editor’s note: It should herald an exciting new dawn. A time when a vibrant new leader takes over the mantle for being not just Labour’s man or woman in Scotland but Scotland’s leader in Labour
6 News: Regeneration strategy; Local government social media initiative; disappointment over lack of FOI expansion; and EU reform process
70 Letters: Criminal justice reform; Scottish education; welfare reform; whistleblowing
72 Diary: Romantic misadventures at the Parliament; new minister takes top seat; and panda woe for Tories
74 Last word: Does everyone have a price?
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