Scottish Labour has been left red faced after it emerged the party handed hundreds of thousands of pounds to the same arms firm it claimed should not have received money from the Scottish government. Leader Richard Leonard called a recent…

Scottish Labour has been left red faced after it emerged the party handed hundreds of thousands of pounds to the same arms firm it claimed should not have received money from the Scottish government. Leader Richard Leonard called a recent…

Richard Murphy, tax expert and professor of practise in International Political Economy at City University of London, explains the incorrect data behind GERS and why it’s time the Scottish Government invested in better national income accountingIT WAS largely by accident that I became a commentator on the Scottish Government's Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) statement about...

Richard Murphy, tax expert and professor of practise in International Political Economy at City University of London, explains the incorrect data behind GERS and why it’s time the Scottish Government invested in better national income accountingIT WAS largely by accident that I became a commentator on the Scottish Government's Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) statement about...

As the first of three planned National Assemblies gets underway today in Ayr, independence is firmly on the agenda.  

Three key milestones met in one week.

All things being equal, the Tories (I know that’s a funny phrase already) should be building around ten times the number of affordable or social rent houses as that built in SNP Scotland, given the population ratio. They’re not. They’re… Continue reading →

£6 million digital network launched.