Scottish think tank founded in memory of trade unionist Jimmy Reid, to continue his legacy of radical political thinking and action. His words still echo.
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Is Scotland a Fair Work Nation? The short answer is no. The longer answer is more nuanced. It has made a limited but positive contribution to improving working lives. Ambition, pilots and guidance are important, but must be followed by concrete action.
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Minister defends changes to UK workers’ rights. “We have a level playing field now with most OECD countries. After lagging behind, we’re now in a place where we’re matching rights in other countries and providing those opportunities for our own workforce.” theguardian.com/law/2026/jun…
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Garavelli: We must stop Farage and Musk tipping UK and US into civil war. If mainstream politicians lack the imagination and energy to sell a vision of a better world to us, then maybe we have to realise that vision ourselves, and sell it back to them. heraldscotland.com/news/2619…
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The case for a wealth tax has never been stronger. While 99% of us are paying, in total, 40% to 50% tax on our incomes, billionaires are paying a rate equating to 25% at most. As for wealth, the situation is much worse. theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Hundreds of offshore landowners are illegally flouting Scotland's land control register. Wightman “the RCI has failed in a big way and at the heart of the problem is a failure to monitor compliance and prosecute those persons who have committed offences”. theferret.scot/offshore-land…
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SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. What does this tell you about capitalism in this era? No longer based on economic principles as they’re taught – prices set by supply and demand. It’s now based on hype, connections and total, arbitrary control. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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The AI Revolution: Can Scotland's water support more data centres? Probably not, certainly not in the east of Scotland as we highlighted in this briefing. reidfoundation.scot/2026/03/… scotsman.com/news/opinion/co…
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Futureproof social tariffs. TUC report sets out actions that the government can take to protect household incomes and stabilise the economy both during energy crises and over the long term. tuc.org.uk/research-analysis…
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UCU Scotland is supporting Saturday’s anti racism demonstration in Glasgow. Standing up for equality and against those who try to divide us #Solidarity
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Jun 11
Statement from STUC General Secretary Roz Foyer
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AI absolutism is breaking our brains. The apocalyptic future we’re being sold isn’t inevitable. Nor is the dreamy promise that this tech will unlock boundless potential and productivity. theguardian.com/technology/2…
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Why Britain’s regeneration policies keep missing the point – expert panel. One-size-fits-all approach won’t work to revive Britain’s left-behind areas. theconversation.com/why-brit…
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Belfast violence: an uncomfortable reminder of the innocent people ‘burnt out’ during the Troubles. Those responsible for attacks would do well to educate themselves on the causes of division, to get out of the social media echo chamber. theconversation.com/belfast-…
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HSE warning after catastrophic tank collapse in Peterhead causes life changing injury. Said operators should learn lessons from the disaster and review their own activities to ensure they are complying with safety laws. More HSE inspectors also needed. heraldscotland.com/news/2618…
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Watchdog warning as councils’ budget gap hits half a billion pounds. Accounts Commission warns local authorities face “major risks to their financial sustainability as funding fails to keep pace with rising demand and increasing costs”. holyrood.com/news/view,watch…
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Public procurement of electricity could save GB households £200 a year. This centralised model is similar to one used in other markets around the world and would be closer to the way the nationalised power market worked before privatisation in the 1980s. theguardian.com/environment/…
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Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm, study says. Greenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with ownership-based emissions. theguardian.com/environment/…
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Screen Scotland demands BBC power shift. "We believe it should shift from a London-centric model to a truly distributed, transparent and regionally embedded structure—spreading commissioning power, leadership, and governance across the UK.” heraldscotland.com/news/2618…
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The sharp rise in youth inactivity since the pandemic corresponds very closely to the deterioration in young people’s health since 2019.
In 2019, 14 per cent of 18-24-year-olds said they had a long-term health condition
which limits their activity; by 2025 this had risen to 21 per cent.
ALT Figure 7 shows three key results. First, there has been a long-run fall in inactivity due to looking after family (mainly coming from young women). Second, there has been a slight increase in inactivity for ‘other’ reasons (which, as discussed above, mainly consists of people who have not started looking for work yet, and people who simply do not give a reason). Third, and most strikingly, the share of 18-24-year-olds who are inactive due to ill health or disability has been rising since at least 2012, but has increased far more sharply since 2019, from 2.8 per cent to 4.2 per cent in 2025.
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Look at the protests Kushner caused in Albania. A shining light for Europe. It is moving to see them sing, dance, clean the street after the protests and hand flowers to police. They are not giving up on the state, but insisting that it belongs to them. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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