Scottish think tank founded in memory of trade unionist Jimmy Reid, to continue his legacy of radical political thinking and action. His words still echo.
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The Reid Foundation retweeted
The Chancellor was right to tax banks to cut energy bills.
Right to increase investment in the National Wealth Fund & 🇬🇧 Business Bank.
Right to boost HMRC efforts to collect tax.
But looking ahead we’ll need more, ambitious support for businesses, households & public services
The Reid Foundation retweeted
Ofcom has investigated Royal Mail seven times since 2015 and fined them four times.
And yet last year they lowered the targets and cut second class delivery days, saving the company £425 million pounds.
A regulator that rewards failure is not fit for purpose. We need an Ofcom with teeth.
Chris Bloore MP in the House of Commons on Monday.
Unions and councils on local government reform. "Reform must start with outcomes, not structures, and must be underpinned by a strong evidence base and a meaningful engagement process.”
heraldscotland.com/news/2667…
Dumfries and Galloway College generated £142.1m in total annual benefits for Scotland in 2024/25, according to a new report. Equates to a return of £12 for every £1 received in public funding. Reinforces the importance of colleges and the need for funding
holyrood.com/news/view,dumfr…
The Reid Foundation retweeted
Increasing bank taxes was the right thing to do, but we need a broader conversation about how we tax wealth not work.
Breathing space for households and Scottish finances. Today’s UK budget results in a total of £600 million more in funding for the Scottish Budget between 2026-27 and 2029-30. £206m for the forthcoming 27/28 budget less the capital cut. spice-spotlight.scot/2026/10…
The Reid Foundation retweeted
A petition calling for state pension age to be reduced to 65 for everyone has passed 100,000 signatures. Lowering could allow older people to retire with dignity, avoid hardship and free up jobs for younger workers. Not without reforms to pension system.
thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/n…
The Reid Foundation retweeted
Join our Demo this Thursday and help us STOP THE CUTS at GCU.
We will be joined by @ScottishTUC Roz Foyer and @The_TUC Paul Nowak speaking to our rally from 09.30am!
Save the 100🛟✊
Budget 2026: six charts that reveal the economic realities facing the chancellor.
From tackling the youth jobs crisis to repairing Brexit’s economic damage, John Healey has his work cut out for him.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
Public libraries are doing more for their communities, but they need support. Public libraries are trusted local institutions with an impressive record of adapting to changing social needs.
theconversation.com/public-l…
Lessons from the creation of Police Scotland. “Too often, public-sector reform is judged by what it saves, how it reorganises and how efficiently it claims to operate, rather than by whether the public gets a better service.” heraldscotland.com/politics/…
Here is a short presentation on our latest booklet, The Future of Pensions in the UK.
youtu.be/bb9oy0hCurg?feature…
The Reid Foundation retweeted
Monica Lennon MSP raised a question in Scottish Parliament today concerning the ongoing dispute at City of Glasgow College, whose welding lecturers have been on discontinuous strike since March 2026 to put pressure on the College to provide RPE. The strikers simply want RPE and to return to work to teach.
The Reid Foundation retweeted
It's publication day!
An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class is published today, 27 October 2026, by @VersoBooks.
My book is a new history how Britain's formerly powerful working class was pushed to the political margins. Order🔽
versobooks.com/en-gb/product…
The Reid Foundation retweeted
Today, alongside @FoEScot, we launch the new report from the Just Transition Partnership: 'Let's Go Public'.
For too long has public money funded energy, transport & retrofit programmes that remain in private hands.
It's time to take back power; it's time for public ownership.
The Reid Foundation retweeted
One of Scotland's first black MSPs has revealed how masked men made Nazi salutes and shouted “Heil Hitler” at her during a protest in Glasgow, warning that racist rhetoric is becoming increasingly normalised in Scottish politics.
heraldscotland.com/news/2666…
The Reid Foundation retweeted
The world’s wealthiest people are not just profiting from the polluting causes of climate breakdown, they are also increasingly cashing in on the catastrophic consequences, according to a study by Oxfam.
theguardian.com/environment/…
Working-class academics are still struggling to fit in at university. Staff from working-class backgrounds often face an unspoken expectation to adapt.
theconversation.com/working-…
AI in the public sector. What it can and cannot do. Accountability “can’t be outsourced to a vendor or an algorithm”. “It starts with treating AI like any other system that touches sensitive information, not as something magical. holyrood.com/inside-politics…
The Reid Foundation retweeted
Ask people if they want to pay a tax and vast majority say no. Hardly surprising. Are visitors willing to forego services they benefit from? Ask that too if you want to be taken seriously.
88 per cent of visitors against proposed East Lothian tourist tax in consultation ift.tt/IrwEOxR
