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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


Regulars


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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Interview page 14


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