Levelling Glasgow
Craig Dalzell In May 2019, Glasgow City Council declared a climate emergency. In November 2021, the city hosted COP26 and made a substantial effort in …
Month: January 2023
We Cannae Cancel Rabbie Burns
Kaitlin Dryburgh This week gave us our yearly winter warmer in the form of Burns Night, maybe you raised a glass of whisky, tucked into …
Social Housing Costs Jacked Up
Leo is shocked: how can it be that the emergency rent freeze has been allowed to end with no alternative in place? As Common Weal has long advocated: Social Housing should be a primary offer to Scotlands people. We cannot extract more than people can afford.
How Smart is Your Meter?
Nicola Biggerstaff It was revealed this week that the UK Government will be cracking down on energy companies forcibly entering the homes of customers struggling …
Can poverty escape the B-list?
Robin McAlpine There is something I’m finding increasingly unsettling in Scottish politics – no-one really seems to care about poverty. Across all the parties (with …
The alternative to Freeports
Robin McAlpine Already this year Scotland has got one new big development which is opposed by almost everyone except Scotland’s monied elites and people who …
How to Be Health Literate
Nicola Biggerstaff With all the emphasis being placed on wellbeing in education, why is the collective wellbeing at rock bottom? What is going wrong in …
Regaining our Trust in the Police
Kaitlin Dryburgh The past couple years has really put the image of the police force through the wringer and has tested the public’s ability to …
Drowning, Not flying
Craig Dalzell I have a small confession to make. I may have inadvertently misled readers into presuming a level of resilience from an organisation that …
Unethical Procurement
Nick Kempe Unethical procurement – the Scottish Government’s decision to fund 300 more care home places On 10th January the Health Secretary, Humza Yousaf, announced in …