Commissioned by Revive.
A proposal for a Local Authority controlled Land Tax with projected revenue for each Local Authority in Scotland

A Common Weal response to a consultation on the framework governing Scottish Commissioners

A briefing for the Stage 1 reading of the Bill in the Scottish Parliament.

A Common Weal response to the joint Scottish and UK Government Consultation on devolving the Building Safety Levy.

What you are not being told about who is going to pay the price for decarbonisation.

How poor negotiation of the Fiscal Settlement has failed Scotland

Why a superficial approach to Wellbeing Economics will fail.

A realistic strategy for achieving Scottish independence.

A ten page summary version of Direction: A Realistic Strategy for Achieving Scottish Independence.

A three page short summary version of Direction: A Realistic Strategy for Achieving Scottish Independence.

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

A response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on increasing the rate of Council Tax in its upper bands.

A Common Weal response to the consultation on Mercedes Villalba MSP’s Members’ Bill proposing that a public interest test is applied if any individual wishes to own more than 500 hectares of Scottish land.

A proposal to develop Scotland’s geothermal energy resources within a publicly-owned energy framework

The “co-design” process for the NCS has not worked. Here is what to do about it.

A response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on legislation to cut devolved LBTT taxes within Scottish Freeports

A response to the Members’ Bill supported by Katy Clark MSP on the reform and extension of FOI legislation.

A consultation response on ending the sale of peat in Scotland.

A response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on their draft energy strategy and Just Transition plan.

A response to the Scottish Government consultation on Freedom of Information legislation.