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Common Weal’s Head of Policy Dr Craig Dalzell reacts to the announcement of new restrictions to combat coronavirus amidst a rapid rise in cases. THE NEW RESTRICTIONS aimed to curb...

What unites Liam Gallagher, Ian Rankin and Badly Drawn Boy (no, I don’t know who the last one is either)? They all had a go at Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday...

ON 24 SEPTEMBER, to little fanfare until today, the Care Inspectorate published a report on how care services had been delivered to people living in their own homes during the...

DID IT EVER REALLY HAPPEN? Did we all dream 2008-20?By the register of reducing the national debt – one of the only registers on which success has been measured by...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech to the virtual Tory party conference yesterday was interesting because of the framing of his argument around public finances.  “We have a sacred responsibility to future...

After an unsuccessful bid to buyout two buildings on Dumfries high street last year, Midsteeple Quarter, a community benefit society, have now purchased the two buildings with the help of...

Around one million Scots were in poverty before the covid-19 crisis, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s new Poverty in Scotland 2020 report finds. That breaks down as 230,000 children, 640,000 working age adults,...

SCOTTISH STUDENTS were already looking at a challenging year amid the Covid-19 crisis. With diminished opportunities for employment to supplement their student support payments, having to adapt to blended learning...

SHOULD the Holyrood 2021 election return a result that sees the SNP forming another government, Nicola Sturgeon will be on track to be not only Scotland’s first female first minister,...

The breaking news is that US President Donald Trump has tested positive for covid-19. It comes just five weeks ahead of the US Presidential election.  That news somewhat puts in...