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A positive night for Scottish Labour
John Ruddy crunches the electoral numbers and says Scottish Labour has significant grounds for optimism on the basis of Thursday’s vote. When the SNP won their storming victory in 2015, many people...
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Time for a people’s bus service
John Ruddy says re-regulation of Scotland’s bus services could deliver a whole range of benefits for passengers, but we could go even further and deliver a truly radical shift in transport use, help...
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A new twist on an old idea
John Ruddy says in the face of our housing crisis we should reconsider the idea of new towns and, following examples elsewhere, develop schemes that meet our 21st century needs. Scotland, like the...
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Time for councils that are fit for purpose
John Ruddy says it’s time to look again, not just at how local councils are funded but how they are structured, and to create a new system fit for the 21st century, incorporating regional strategy and...
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An industrial strategy for Scotland
John Ruddy considers what an industrial strategy for Scotland – which so many say is necessary but so few have ever defined – might actually look like. A lot of people talk about an industrial...
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