Growing up in Springburn in the 1990s, I was surrounded by the faded glory of a once proud working-class community still reeling from the calamitous impact of losing its heavy industrial base in locomotive manufacturing, along with the mass demolition of what was deemed to be substandard tenement housing during the previous two decades. When Labour came to power in 1997, the positive impact of their investment in my community soon became obvious: double glazing and central he

I recently met James Bundy, who lost his father, Anthony Bundy, in June 2023 to a posterior circulation stroke. Hid dad suddenly took...

When I wrote about the bright prospects for Clyde shipbuilding in my June column, I mentioned my quiet confidence that a deal to build...

Glasgow must grow its population to keep up with competitor cities and to make up for the vast depopulation that occurred during the...

After the Second World War, Glasgow Corporation, faced with a housing crisis and inspired by municipal socialism, boldly built more...

It has been over three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Three years of needless bloodshed, pain and...

On my office wall I have a floor-to-ceiling collection of old trade advertisements, featuring numerous Glasgow companies that once...

As we look back on another busy year, it is beneficial to take time to reflect on the positive developments as well as the challenges our...

Last week, the people of Maryhill, the North East and Drumchapel & Anniesland Wards elected three new Labour councillors. Marie Garrity,...

Now that Glasgow has been confirmed as the host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the work must begin to maximise the benefits of the £100...

Ten years ago, when Glasgow hosted the Commonwealth Games, the atmosphere throughout the city was electric, with nearly 700,000 sporting...

Four years after the National Health Service began in 1948, its founding Minister of Health Nye Bevan MP wrote, ‘No society can...

Seven years ago this week, I was first elected to Parliament. Having the opportunity to serve this magnificent city in both of our...

The atrocious budget approved by the SNP and the Greens in the City Chambers last week inflicts devastating cuts to the city and the...

UNCERTAINTY and cuts to community health services in Glasgow threaten the most vulnerable. Glasgow’s community link workers are a...

NEXT Thursday, voters across the constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West will have an opportunity to send a clear message to both of...

SIX years ago, Scotland’s then Lord Advocate, James Wolffe KC, refused to back plans for the establishment of an overdose prevention...

EVERY eight hours in Scotland one of our fellow citizens dies from entirely preventable drug-related death. Last year, the figure was...

HARE-BRAINED schemes are 10 a penny in Scottish politics. Last month, Green Minister Patrick Harvie floated the idea of compelling every...

It is a big week for Glasgow as the UCI World Cycling Championships get underway. Along with the sell-out Banksy: Cut and Run exhibition...