Taxes don’t pay for services – so what are they for?
Jim Byrne gives a fascinating insight into the government’s use of tax income and explains how ...
Jim Byrne gives a fascinating insight into the government’s use of tax income and explains how ...
Recent articles have provoked discussion on the subject of a future Scottish money system. Here, we ...
As wealth concentrates at the top, economists argue that taxing the super-rich could help tackle inequality, ...
Two women from different backgrounds describe their experiences of studying journalism in Scotland with the support ...
As Fair Tax Week 2026 comes to a close, Scotland can lead on tax justice to ...
Wisdom can be found even in old fairytales, but where is it in modern politics?
Britain is facing the return of Thatcherism on stilts under Nigel Farage’s Reform Party
Reform’s claims to offer something fundamentally different to the ‘establishment’ parties do not stand up to ...
Six parties, one NHS crisis – yet their manifestos reveal more shared ground than solutions, with ...
With a majority secured, Canada’s Mark Carney faces his own test: can his Value(s) vision survive ...
SNP look close to a majority, with Labour and Reform UK vying for opposition
The United Kingdom’s 'Left' needs to look to the European Union for big ideas
Hope is on the ballot – Scottish Greens gathered in Glasgow – record membership, bold policy ...
Billionaire owner of Manchester United condemns immigrants – but he also sets an example of how ...
Immigrant billionaire owner of Manchester United condemns immigrants – just the poor ones, though
Press release: Millionaires, including Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno, and Abigail Disney, sign open letter to world ...
Rejoining the European Customs Union would boost UK public finances by £25bn, say Westminster LibDems
Political fear and scarcity have stripped humanity from our immigration debate, turning neighbours into strangers – ...
With the conviction of Nathan Gill the question is ever more urgent; how deep is Russian ...
Did the government/tax/currency triad allow humanity freedom from subsistence and, consequently, the time to think?
New UK migration rules double settlement time, risking decades of family separation and leaving asylum seekers ...
Part one showed how neoliberalism worsened inequality and failed to raise economic growth – here, the ...
What independence campaigns need to know about legacy trade deals to avoid fish hooks in foreign ...
What the media says about Labour versus what actually happens
Combatting the economic statistics marshalled by opponents of Scottish independence is a trap to disable the ...
How will Scotland greet the US President?
Reform wants to boost immigration to the UK, but only for the very rich
A future of the Highlands and Islands is possible – but only if we have the ...
An open letter to politicians calling for reform and what is needed to save British economy
Until the wider public understand that poverty is systemic in the current system, change is impossible
What if all the stories we hear about our economy are wrong? The answer is a ...
You may think that adding VAT to school fees has nothing to do with you. Perhaps ...
Be they left or right, the only reason voters are keeping Macron is fear of what ...
As Labour tries to please both private and public interests, its policies for the NHS are ...
Will Friday’s meeting of the new Council of the Nations and Regions create or solve problems?
The delay in a just transition has been exacerbated by the UK Government’s fiscal dependency on ...
Scotland’s ‘union dividend’ debunked as an appalling misnomer; more of a ‘reparation’ for decades of demographic ...
How Starmer’s Budget Responsibility Bill will enable Labour to weasel out of public spending by blaming ...
Millions of people are living in fuel poverty across the UK – what will GB Energy ...
NHS has barely survived the Conservatives. Will it survive a Labour government seemingly enamoured by private ...
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