Land reform
Highland estates and multi-millionaires bank £1m of taxpayers’ money from Covid-19 grants
Author / Creator: Ally Tibbitt
Media type: Fact check
Date published:
The data obtained by The Ferret shows that around £178m was paid to more than 8,000 recipients by Highland Council.
Community-based land reform: Lessons from Scotland
Author / Creator: John Bryden
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published: 2007
Drawing on insights from community-based natural resource management and local development, qualified evidence is offered suggesting that, as in the current Scottish case, community-centric land reform has a promising future.
Reform Scotland’s Land
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Video
Date published: 2020
Land reform is a social justice issue. How can democratic decisions about the kind of country we want in the face of a small number of landowners?
Back to Life: Mapping Scotland’s Alternative to Grouse Moors
Author / Creator: Lateral North
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: December 2018
An illustrative map – based on real Scottish geographic data – showing what a reformed former grouse moor could look like.
Back to Life: Visions for Alternative Futures for Scotland’s Grouse Moors
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Of all the possible uses of this land, grouse shooting is not only the least moral, it is by far the least economically effective. In fact, almost any other use will create more value and more jobs per hectare.
Renew: Six policies that can refresh the Scottish Government’s domestic agenda
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Policies to renew the Scottish Government’s domestic agenda:
- Create a Scottish National Investment Bank
- Build the homes and infrastructure that people need
- Create a world-class childcare system.
- Give more power to citizens.