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Just over 20 years ago, freedom of information (FOI) was formally enshrined in law both in the Scottish parliament and in the UK parliament. Long regarded as a substantive human right, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 provided public…
Social care is in crisis and not fit for purpose – that much is obvious on both sides of the England-Scotland border. The Scottish government is currently consulting on proposals for a National Care Service, an ambitious proposal to…
For a referendum that was supposed to resolve long running divisions over independence, the polarising effects of the 2014 campaign define Scottish politics to this day. If there is a further referendum in the coming years, and whatever the…
For most of Labour’s history, our policy has been to abolish the House of Lords or have an elected second chamber. In recent manifestos, we have committed to the creation of an elected Senate of the Nations and Regions. Last week’s…
I am delighted to be on the shortlist for selection in Vauxhall, where I live with my family and am active in the local party. I have the experience and track record to be a powerful voice arguing the radical politics that we need as we…
Greece’s new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addressed the Greek Parliament for the first time on Sunday and pledged to end austerity, stating, ‘The first priority of this government is tackling the big wounds of the bailout, tackling the…
There are a couple of very basic facts that underpin Scottish politics at the moment. Simply put, people are fed up and they’re angry. They’re fed up of business as usual in politics and of a system that means they work hard for very little…
The Tories look set to promise a repeal of the Human Rights Act (HRA) and possibly a withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in their 2015 election manifesto. They’ve tried their best to focus the human rights debate…
A factory collapsing killing more than 1,100 workers in Bangladesh just over a year ago; reports of hundreds of Nepalese and Indian construction workers dying on building sites in Qatar since 2012 under the desert sun – it is statistics…
Last week yesterday in a historic vote the House of Commons voted by 120 votes to 3 in favour of the Government publishing the remaining papers relating to the Shrewsbury 24. For those unfamiliar with the background to this campaign…
The latest Guardian revelations about NSA spying have been met with a furious reaction in Berlin and Paris, after it emerged that the American spy agency has been tapping the phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel and carrying out mass…
