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Not the price of Net Zero - the cost of the Union
On the 1st of April, the energy cap on domestic energy bills rose by 6.4%. Right-wing commentators like to argue that the push for Net Zero is putting up energy bills. They have got that wrong - it is the privatisation of energy which is to blame for the fact our energy bills are sky high.
Westminster welfare cuts to slash £1 billion from Scotland’s budget
Disabled and chronically ill Scots are worried about the effect the Westminster government’s cuts to welfare are going to have on them. And the uncertainty Scots face is a direct result of devolution.
Scotland's women have been swindled by Westminster pension injustice
Scottish pensioners already face one of the lowest state pensions in the developed world. But the Waspi women (Women against state pension inequality) have suffered pension injustice that means they were short-changed on even that.
Four reasons for Scotland’s women to strive for independence
Women have always been at the forefront of the independence movement and that is because we understand how independence offers a stronger, fairer, more equal future to us and our families.
As mothers, grandmothers, aunties, daughters and friends we are concerned for our own futures but also for our children, old folk, friends and communities.
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UK Government's failure to back Grangemouth shows contempt for Scotland
The UK Government said last week that it will put £200 million towards investing in an alternative future for Grangemouth Believe in Scotland has serious doubts that the full £200 million will actually materialise or be used as anything other than boosts for large companies given the (co-investment with the private sector nature of the funding). But the plant - which made £107 million profit last year - is still closing and Scotland will be left without oil refining capacity is a major oil producing nation which is madness.Â
Failure to reform House of Lords is good news for the independence movement
The Labour Party has often promised to abolish the House of Lords - but last month it changed its tune and made 30 new peers.Â
These individuals - who in many cases have been recently rejected at the ballot box by voters - now get to make laws for the rest of their lives.Â
Child poverty predicted to rise in most of UK except Scotland
Child poverty is on course to increase in the UK by the end of this parliament, with only Scotland bucking the trend, according to analysis by a respected poverty charity.
This is essentially because the Westminster government continues to discriminate against children born into larger families.Â
Scotland's shared culture is the key to unlock Scottish independence
Believe in Scotland’s ‘Creating Scotland’ campaign aims to align the independence cause with the culture, values, hopes and dreams of our nation;
Media watch: Is the BBC misleading Scotland over its spending?
Scots pay almost £300 million a year to the BBC through the licence fee - that is more than the arts and culture budget of the Scottish government.
The BBC is required to spend at least 8% of its resources in Scotland, nurturing the creative and media industry here. That should be a bare minimum. There is no reason why it should not be more. London does not have to soak up so much of the money and talent - it would not do so if Scotland were independent.
Westminster Effect means Scots experience more fuel poverty than any EU nation.
In a week of freezing temperatures, Scottish households are counting the energy cost of the Union. In energy-rich Scotland, fuel poverty rates are higher than any EU country and more than double that of England.