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Boris Johnson has gamed UK democracy because Britain’s archaic system is easy to exploit – this precedent can’t be put back in the box; a constitutional revolution is needed, Ben Wray finds...

Our planet is burning. Temperatures are soaring. We’re up to our knees in rubbish. We’re choking on our own pollution. Our ecosystem is dying. We’re watching the very richest amongst...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will ask the Queen to suspend parliament ahead of a Queen’s Speech on 14 October, with parliament prorogued for five weeks from the week beginning 10...

In the face of the world’s climate emergency, a Green New Deal has been proposed to address it.  AHEAD of CommonSpace’s forum on a Green New Deal on Thursday 29th...

Just over one million EU citizens have so far applied for UK settlement status Advertising Standards Authority rules that UK Government advert on EU citizens’ settlement status scheme are “misleading”,...

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a Citizens’ Assembly on Scotland’s constitutional future in April. The Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland has today published the details of its remit and terms of reference,...

14,000 children in Scotland are homeless YouGov poll finds 88 per cent believe there should be a legal right to a safe, secure and affordable home, with 76 per cent...

With menopause hitting the headlines due to HRT shortages, and MPs adding their voices to support for menopause policies in the workplace, @RhiannonDavies spoke to women around Scotland tackling the...

Research from Scottish Women’s Aid has found that more than three-quarters of homeless applications were from women who stated that they were in an abusive relationship as a reason for the...

CommonSpace speaks to Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller, writer and director of Chagos 1971 2019, it turns out, was a fateful year to bring a play to the Edinburgh Fringe examining the injustice...