Land reform – this is the chance
Robin McAlpine Something interesting is happening in Scotland – Scottish Land and Estates seem perhaps a bit nervous, and Scottish Land and Estates is never …
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Land Reform In A Net Zero Nation
Scotland has both a long history of inequality in land ownership and of a failure to correct this inequality. The oft-stated fact that fewer than …
Land Reform Requires Democracy
Another Scottish estate is up for sale. How would the Scottish Government’s Land Reform proposals help the local community if they were already in force? (Answer: They wouldn’t)
Common Weal Land Reform Week
This week Common Weal will be launching three major new reports on land reform and land use in Scotland. On Tuesday we launched our report …
Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill Consultation
Common Weal has championed freedom of information and government transparency since our inception. It is absolutely vital for the security of a democracy that decisions …
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Reform Scotland’s Land
There is no country in the western world which has fewer people owning so much of its land as in Scotland and so there have …
Violence in Scotland shows something is missing
Robin McAlpine Behaviour in schools is deteriorating and teachers are struggling to cope. The police are managing continuous low-level local problems and struggle to cope. …
The Young Teams of Scotland
Kaitlin Dryburgh You see a thug, I see someone in need. Those are the sentiments of Graeme Armstrong a reformed gang member who now shines …
PROPOSED LAND OWNERSHIP AND PUBLIC INTEREST (SCOTLAND) BILL
Common Weal is proud to be one of Scotland’s lead campaigners on land reform and we continue to monitor and support positive developments in this …
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The Land Justice Members’ Bill
Mercedes Villalba MSP and Dr Georgia Grainger The question of land ownership has been core to Scotland’s political landscape for centuries, and the lifespan of …