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The Holyrood Government is right to oppose it and should hold firm

Scottish Government refuses to recommend consent for Elections...

The Scottish government is standing up to Westminster on legislation...

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Constitutional Convention

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A People Powered Response to the Climate Crisis...

We are facing a climate crisis, to find solutions that...

Constitutional Convention

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A People Powered Response to the Climate Crisis...

We are facing a climate crisis, to find solutions that...

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A Scottish House of Citizens would stand in proud contrast to the House of Lords

A Scottish House of Citizens would be the...

ERS Scotland and the Sortition Foundation have ramped up calls...

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When Scottish voters go to the polls they go knowing their vote will count

How May’s elections for the Scottish Parliament will...

Among the wave of elections that will be held on...

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The average Scottish local authority is 50 times bigger than the EU average

Only real local democracy can rebuild our communities

The last twelve months have changed the way many of...

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There should be no off-switch for transparency

This loophole is letting lobbying go under the...

A major loophole in Scotland’s lobbying register is undermining transparency...

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“Citizens’ assemblies are being used to upgrade Scottish democracy”

Holyrood must take forward the Citizens’ Assembly’s calls...

Politicians must move Scottish democracy forward by putting citizens at...

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Thriving, empowered communities develop the foundations for long term prosperity

Scotland’s local democracy is not an optional extra

The experience of the covid-19 crisis has served to underline...

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Constitutional Convention

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Scottish House of Citizens

The Citizens' Assembly of Scotland has proposed an idea that...

Replace Lords with a senate of the regions...

Overhauling Parliament’s London-dominated second chamber would help empower the UK’s...

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A House of Citizens could revolutionise Scottish democracy

It’s time to put deliberation at the heart...

Last Saturday the final session of the Citizen’s Assembly of...