A group of unions, charities, campaign groups and think-tanks have written to First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon urging her to commit to Crown Use Licensing for any Covid-19 vaccines and medicines, to ensure they are available and affordable for everyone. We re-publish the letter below. To find out more about the campaign, click here. […]
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Transformational land reform is an opportunity for us all. However, “Scotland’s powerful landowning lobby have a strong vested interest in maintaining the status-quo. Grouse shooting is part of that status-quo.”
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“The pandemic and lockdown are mutating the retail sector with potentially far-reaching implications for workers’ rights and local economies. What conflicts emerge, and how they are resolved, will have the most important influence on this crucial part of the modern economy.”
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“The scale of the calamity in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, and the surrounding province of Guayas, began to emerge throughout that last week of March. Videos started circulating of bodies left out in the streets as families complained they couldn’t get anyone to collect them.”
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“Hundreds of thousands of people throughout Scotland rely on home care, for various needs and conditions, not just dementia. My mum is just one. If carers aren’t being fully looked after by the government at a time like this, who is?”
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Last week Community Land Scotland held an event bringing together community organisations to talk about community ownership. We spoke to a couple of the many inspirational organisations in attendance, as well as learning more about the provision of a new South of Scotland Enterprise Agency.