Ministers need to be bolder over Scotland’s land reforms, say campaigners

The government-funded Scottish Land Fund supported the purchase of the Langholm estate in the Scottish borders. Photograph: South West Images Scotland/Alamy

Land reform campaigners have accused Scottish ministers of “losing their radical edge” by failing to properly confront Scotland’s unequal land ownership system.

A paper from the Jimmy Reid Foundation alleges there is a significant gap between the Scottish government’s rhetoric on land reform and the reality, as only a tiny fraction of rural land is in community ownership.