2+ week, 4+ day ago   (363+ words) SPARE a thought for the poor people of Ukraine. For more than four years now they have suffered an onslaught from the invading Russian army. And it seems help from the west comes with some pretty significant strings attached. We’ve…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago   (761+ words) WHETHER Scotland is going through a “housing emergency” is a settled debate. The Parliament declared one in May 2024, following more than a dozen local authorities doing the same. Now, with just three months until the Holyrood elections, a coalition of…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (608+ words) THE Labour Government has pulled an amendment to its Hillsborough Law amid concerns that intelligence agencies could use it to avoid being bound by the proposed duty of candour. It also withdrew the legislation from Monday’s parliamentary agenda entirely after…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1247+ words) NEW research by Aaron Sheridan highlights resistance and resilience among tenants in council housing in Edinburgh. Sheridan, a doctoral student in history at the University of Strathclyde, reminds us that housing has long been the subject of social and material…...

9+ mon, 2+ day ago   (215+ words) SCOTS who provide care for more than one disabled person could receive in excess of £500 more in support thanks to a new benefit payment coming in next year. The carer additional person payment is due to come in from March…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (818+ words) IT is easy to make fun of the far left. As you approach the Your Party conference at the ACC in Liverpool, you are accosted by men clutching shopping bags stuffed with newspapers and leaflets, wearing jackets weighed down by…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (177+ words) YOUR Party members have voted to keep its original name. The party also adopted its constitution and leadership model on Sunday amid fierce factional in-fighting between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s rival camps. Your Party won out over Our Party,…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (140+ words) YOUR Party members have voted against having a single leader and opted for a collective model. Members backed an amendment to the party’s conference which will see it steered by lay members instead. They also backed a measure to allow…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (464+ words) WES Streeting has been urged to “come clean” about the benefits private healthcare companies are reaping for donations worth more than £200,000 made to the Labour MP. According to EveryDoctor, a website which monitors political donations made by those linked to…...

9+ mon, 4+ week ago   (408+ words) Welcome to this week's Branch Office Updates! Subscribe (for free) using the linked banner above. It was meant to be a statement week for Anas Sarwar. The Scottish Labour leader’s repeated claims that he will prove the pundits wrong and…...