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11 Feb 2025

Council Tax: Ministers must stop delaying and lay out roadmap to real reform
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30 Jan 2025

Scotland’s climate commitments are stalling, and time is running out
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20 Jan 2025

We need a tax system that helps deliver a fairer Scotland
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10 Jan 2025

MSPs urged to back private jet tax as world’s richest 1% burn through their entire annual carbon limit in just 10 days
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11 Dec 2024

Scotland’s Vital Support For Those Recovering From Kenya’s Devastating Floods
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10 Dec 2024

Scottish budget: hope well hidden in the long grass
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5 Dec 2024

Draft Budget leaves First Minister’s priorities ‘built on sand’ without meaningful fair tax reform
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10 Nov 2024

A fight for climate justice
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7 Nov 2024

Communities on the frontlines of climate crisis show path to change
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28 Oct 2024

Billionaires’ private jets emit more carbon pollution in just over one day than average Scot does in a year
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16 Oct 2024

Welcome Scottish boost for women and girls' education in Africa

9 Oct 2024

Time to rewrite the rules on tax