Month: January 2019

Peers living in Scotland have claimed more than £2.1 million from taxpayers over 12 months, up 16 per cent on two years ago – and many of the most expensive ...

It’s being reported today (Sunday) that the British Government finds it “extremely concerning” that MPs are trying to delay Article 50 in order to avoid a no deal. It’s a ...

CommonSpace speaks to the noted historian about a pivotal moment in Scotland’s history 100 YEARS ago today, some 20,000 striking workers, tenants and sympathisers rallied in Glasgow’s George Square. It ...

A US arms firm based in Fife has held 84 meetings with the UK government since the Tories came to power. Raytheon has wined and dined powerful MPs and treated ...

Meet the new plan, the same as the old plan. Even though the Prime Minister has been utterly humiliated, she keeps going on. Theresa is missing the shame gene. It ...

Common Weal Director Robin McAlpine says compromise to agree a Scottish Budget would be a great signal that Scotland still has a shared project – but that opportunity may have been ...

BBC Question Time Derby By Russell Bruce Two things last week sent me thinking about the paralysis affecting the English political system, passed down from a paralysis embedded in society ...

Immediate changes should be made to put in place better out-of-hours mental health provision in prisons, it has been claimed by campaigners. They include Linda Allan,  whose daughter Katie took ...

The Home Office is attempting to deport an elderly couple to Iran, despite having built a life in the UK for over 40 years and acting as co-parents to a ...

Scotland’s Mental Welfare Commission is to investigate the use of physical restraint in NHS facilities after data gathered by The Ferret revealed a rise in recorded incidents by health boards. ...