Common Weal is concerned that the premature switch off of RTS transmitters that serve an estimated 600,000 radio controlled electricity meters will result in exacerbated fuel poverty and will be a potential a danger to life if energy services are shut off or if heating services are locked in an active setting.

Why a superficial approach to Wellbeing Economics will fail.

A response to Colin Smyth MSP’s consultation for a Members’ Bill to create a Commissioner for Older People in Scotland

A Discussion Paper on the need for the Scottish Government’s approach towards a Wellbeing Economy to move beyond soundbites and produce a plan that has the substance to deliver on its promises.

Common Weal submission to the consultation on the Good Food Nation Bill.

A Common Weal response to the report of the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery

The final stage of the Resilient Scotland Plan running from 2025 to 2045.

This phase of Resilient Scotland covers 2021-26 the five years of the next Scottish Parliament.

Part One of Resilient Scotland - from the present until the 2021 Scottish Parliamentary elections.

A summary version of Part One of Resilient Scotland.

A summary version of Part Two of the Resilient Scotland Plan

A Common Weal response to the Housing 2040 consultation.

A technical annex to The Common Home Plan - A Green New Deal for Scotland.

The first comprehensive blueprint for the creation of a Green New Deal for any country in the world.

Common Weal’s response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on energy efficiency in homes.

A comprehensive framework for the decarbonisation of Scotland’s heating sector in a way that eliminates fuel poverty in this country.

This report argues that Scotland, if independent, could improve its performance across 12 key pillars of its economy.

Automation and other disruptive technologies are being rapidly deployed into economies and planning is required to adapt economic policies so as to avoid job losses.

An assessment of the economic potential of alternative uses for Scottish land currently used for grouse shooting.

Ben Wray analyses new data on the experience of living in Scotland’s private rented sector, and argues for reversing the trend under devolution of increasing privatisation of the rental market.