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Mercedes Villalba
SCOTTISH LABOUR MSP Mercedes Villalba is planning legislation to limit land ownership.
She is preparing to visit island communities “blighted for years by the gross injustice of having a huge concentration of land in the hands of a small number of extremely wealthy individuals.”
During the four-day trip, which starts on Monday, Ms Villalba will meet community groups and campaigners for land justice as part of her preparations to table a Bill in the Scottish Parliament restricting the number of acres that wealthy landowners can hold.
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership