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TENS of thousands of jobs could be created if Scotland reformed its land ownership and use, giving people, communities and the nation the opportunity to use it more productively, according to a new report. Work the Land, the first in a series of reports by the Common Weal think tank and Revive – a coalition seeking grouse moor reform – said the restructuring would enable new land-based businesses to be created, along with housing developments and community planning which supported future opportunities to make national aspirations – such as tackling climate change – easier to achie...

ROBIN McAlpine has quit as the director of the Common Weal think tank, The National can reveal.

Exclusive The Common Weal concludes there is a strong argument a National Care Service should be independent of the NHS HUMAN rights of people receiving and delivering adult social care in Scotland have been “trampled over” during the coronavirus crisis – from frontline staff not provided with PPE, to contact denied between care home residents and their families, according to a think tank. In its submission to the Independent Review of Adult Social Care in Scotland ordered by the Scottish Government, the Common Weal concludes there is a strong argument a National Care Service should...