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As SNP mock shadow chancellor’s lack of defiance to Tory tax cuts, Richard Leonard says raising the higher rate threshold “should not be a priority for the Scottish Government” RICHARD LEONARD...

New report proposes a system of local democracy whereby the “size and shape of each new democratic area should be defined by communities themselves through a participatory process” COMMONSPACE editor...

Scotland has, by a wide margin, the worse degree of local democracy in Europe. A new policy paper from Common Weal explores the lack of effectiveness and accountability of local...

MI5 have now been handed the brief for investigating fascist terrorism. But where has the state been as this problem grew? Why was this danger not confronted after the attacks...

Emergency appeals for financial aid spike by 69 per cent HOUSING campaigners have warned of a sharp spike in the number of applications for emergency aid to avert homelessness, as the...

Major WWF report finds that humanity has destroyed 60 per cent of the world’s wildlife populations since 1970 THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT must “seize all opportunities” to protect and restore Scotland’s...

14 million on verge of famine in Yemen primarily due to Saudi bombing A WRITTEN question to the UK Government has revealed that Saudi pilots are being trained at RAF Valley...

Commonspace columnist David Carr says Scotland’s “toxic obsession” with oil must end and urgent planning to avert climate catastrophe must begin THE UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s recent report has...

CommonSpace editor Ben Wray analyses the politics of the Budget – can the party of ‘the age of austerity’ really sell a new Corbyn-lite image? THE Chancellor is increasing the deficit....

Budget reaction from Richard Murphy, Craig Dalzell, Positive Money, Inclusion Scotland, Poverty Alliance, Scottish Unemployed Workers Network and the Child Poverty Action Group Scotland THE Chancellor Philip Hammond has delivered...