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Campaigners call for end of Scottish Government support for Oil & Gas UK plans for fresh rounds of oil extraction New report posits necessary choice between “deferred collapse” or a...

Campaigners set to encourage other councils to pass motions similar to Renfrewshire Council’s Renfrewshire Council motion calls on Strathclyde Pension Fund to “work towards eliminating current and future financial exposure”...

Gove claimed the challenge of climate change showed the benefits of the union, despite the Scottish Government’s emissions reduction ambition exceeding that of the UK Government’s Secretary of State for...

Grassroots group demands action against unlawful short term lets in the capital ahead of council report Protecting Liveable, Affordable Communities in Edinburgh (Place) argue a new, stricter licensing system for short-term...

The Scottish Government decided not to hold a public inquiry on police infiltration activities in 2018 Report finds undercover officers made repeated trips to Scotland, including with women who were...

CommonSpace is interviewing political commentators from different perspectives on the EU ahead of European elections on 23 May. In the second interview, CS speaks to Marina Prentoulis, Senior Lecturer in...

Film critic Calum Cooper reviews two upcoming releases. Screening from 3 May are The Curse of La Llorona, which is only frightening in its capacity to bore, and Tolkien, a...

Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 news cycle and gets to heart of issues, trying...

Chris Bambery, author of A People’s History of Scotland co-author of Catalonia Reborn, reviews J.H. Elliott’s Scots and Catalans: Union and Disunion, Yale University Press, 2018 THE movements for independence in Catalonia and Scotland...

“We know racism played a big part in our brother’s death and has played a role in denying us justice,” said the sister of Bayoh, on the 4th anniversary of...