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fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Half of Scotland is in the hands of 420 property owners

A status symbol, it denotes power and implies economic dominance, but behind its exclusive privilege lies one of the most disparate ownership models in the Western world. The concentration of land in the hands of a small group of owners is an anomaly in the United Kingdom, and generates a profoundly unequal structure that causes tension and can lead to abuse of power.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Guardian view on Scottish land reform: vast estates remain feudal in scale | Editorial

Scotland's rural land is extremely concentrated, and proposed land reform aims to diversify ownership through notification, lotting and potential government intervention.
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