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Alex Cole-Hamilton: If you want change you don’t have to settle for Reform

The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader writes for Holyrood's Annual Review

Anas Sarwar: It's over for the SNP

The Scottish Labour leader writes for Holyrood's Annual Review

Colin Mair, chief executive of Improvement Service, on why councils must keep decision making open and transparent

COSLA president David O'Neill on the challenges facing local government

An outsider's guide to the Tory Party conference

Stewart Stevenson writes to Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind

How Cameron has taken transparency to a whole new level

Jack McConnell: ‘disaster response, resilience and recovery' should be included in UN development goals

Land value tax - a Liberal Democrat activist urges his party to adopt the Greens' policy

Professor Nicola McEwen examines the concepts of 'shared rule' and 'self rule'

Parliamentary sketch: National Marine Plan

Our relationship with age is all too often distorted by labelling and ignorance

The Soapbox: Government and midwives must work together - Gillian Smith

Labour and the SNP should stop attacking each other for working with Tories

A storm is coming: is this the end of the partnership between central and local government?

Parliamentary sketch: reaching for the Vow factor

D-Day for many of Scotland’s local authorities as they set their budgets amid protests

If the Vow didn't swing the referendum, then what's the justification for further devolution?

Playing by House rules - what 'Inside the Commons' taught us about Westminster

Stop and search debate shows no end

The Lottery election

In the name of God

What can the United States teach Scotland about campaigning?

The end of tactical voting?

A new normal

Parliamentary sketch: campaign trailer