Common Weal

A Scottish think tank has accused the Scottish Government of pursuing housing policies it knows to be ineffective, warning that John Swinney’s proposed Help to Buy scheme for first‑time buyers will inflate prices, waste public money, and deepen the housing crisis rather than alleviate it.

Campaigners have criticised National Records of Scotland (NRS) for awarding a £75,000 contract to Deloitte to work on the next census without a competitive tendering process. The contract, described as "urgent", is for the development of an "Outline Business Case" for the 2031 census. The deci

In a new report for Common Weal, former chief statistician Jim Cuthbert examines the newly developed 'Mutual Investment Model' that the Scottish Government has adopted for at least some future public infrastructure projects.

Richard Murphy An independent Scotland could "fix the inefficiencies and large scale abuses of the UK tax system", according to a report from the pro-independence Common Weal think tank.

Click to read report An independent think tank has called for the creation of a new digital currency for Scotland, saying that the country's political and economic status mean it is "uniquely placed" to pioneer the technology.