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Nighttime economy development isn’t just about tax

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Published: March 3, 2026 09:56

Live music venues are asking for better transport links to protect the nighttime economy in Scotland. This is an important intervention for a specific reason – it is an rare demand-led economic stimulus model which is seldom discussed in Scotland. We would…

Does Scotland understand the world has changed?

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Published: March 2, 2026 10:41

The US-Israeli attack on Iran is as reckless as it is illegal. It is also exposing the failure of the western alliance to come to terms with what this means at a pace appropriate to the risk. Almost all commentators agree the global order has been changed…

A seismic bye election - but what does it mean?

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Published: February 27, 2026 10:33

Few traditions in British politics has a longer or more overwrought history than over-interpreting bye election results. A combination of Britain's voting system, the culture of party politics and the behaviours of voters have created many mid-term…

Structural reform or managed decline?

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Published: February 26, 2026 09:45

Scotland’s universities are once again being told that ‘incremental adjustments are no longer likely to be enough’. That is the quiet but unmistakable conclusion of a new briefing published by SPICe, the Scottish Parliament’s information service. Behind…

Scotland’s climate plans still amount to crossing our fingers

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Published: February 25, 2026 10:01

Inevitably, there is quite a lot of text in the Scottish Government's plans for decarbonising Scotland, which means of course there is quite a lot in the Climate Change Committee's response to it published today. But the main message that comes out is…

Too much renewable energy? Or too little power?

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Published: February 24, 2026 09:50

The lead story in The National today is on the march of renewable energy through Scotland and the negative feeling being generated in communities because of it. (This story is part of the paper’s “Energy Week” and you should look out for Common Weal’s own…

The Scottish Government is deliberately concentrating land ownership

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Published: February 23, 2026 10:05

Reported widely today, Scotland's concentrated land ownership is becoming more and more concentrated – and government policy is playing a large part in this. It is based on the latest analysis by land reform campaigner Andy Wightman.The statistics are…

Principles are there to prevent suspicion

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Published: February 20, 2026 10:58

The Scottish Government has no-one to blame but itself for the yesterday's front pages (sample headline: Law Chief - I Am Not Corrupt) and the ongoing rumble of suspicion and doubt around the Lord Advocate. This suspicion is largely unfounded – but…

The Scottish Government chose energy companies over communities again

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Published: February 19, 2026 09:30

Yesterday, in a move that hasn’t been well reported outwith dedicated energy news channels, the Scottish Government published its update to recommended benchmarks for renewable community energy benefit funds but have set new rates at far less than what the…

Report shows both sides are wrong about immigration

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Published: February 18, 2026 10:06

A new analysis published today should raise difficult questions for both sides of the immigration debate. The report argues that training more domestic labour and getting more people into the labour market may not reduce the demand for overseas workers.The…

It’s crunch time for Freedom of Information

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Published: February 17, 2026 09:38

This afternoon, Tuesday 17th, marks possibly the end of the road for a long campaign to improve Freedom of Information in Scotland. The Members’ Bill promoted by Labour MSP Katy Clark finally reaches the Chamber and will either advance to Stage 2 (to be…

Classroom violence shows why we have to ‘save childhood’

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Published: February 16, 2026 10:00

This morning's Scotsman reports one in a rapidly-increasing range of indicators that all is not well with Scotland's children. In the last five years there have been 5,000 violent attacks on teachers in classrooms which have led to over 200 hospital…