When the Scottish parliament was established in 1999, it was intended to represent the best of modern governance. The ...

You may have noticed that there's lots in the news lately about the political issue of devolution. But what is devolution, and why is everyone talking about it right now? Here's everything you need to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A memo recorded Sir Keir Starmer telling ministers to be prepared to make decisions even if it was against the wishes of a UK ...

The leader of Manchester City Council Sir Richard Leese has blasted the Scottish devolution bill signed by the UK government today, arguing it gives Scotland less "real devolution" from Westminster ...

This is going to make the West Lothian Question really stand out as a problem that must be solved. In the aftermath of the Scottish devolution referendum (the one where the majority of Scots said they ...

A Scottish Government minister has compared the approach of the UK Government to devolution to a nine-year-long war between England and Scotland. Addressing the Scottish Affairs Committee in the House ...

Alex de Ruyter, director of the Centre for Brexit Studies at Birmingham City University and David Hearne, researcher at the Centre for Brexit Studies at Birmingham City University, on the prime ...

In the wake of last year’s ‘no’ vote on Scottish Independence, and the recommendations of the Smith Commission tasked with taking forward devolution commitments made by Westminster, the UK Government ...

Christopher A Whatley is affiliated with the Labour Party. It is the anniversary time of the Scottish referendum, in which the electorate voted Yes in overwhelming numbers. I don’t mean the 2014 poll, ...

Immediately after the First World War home rule was supported by the Liberals and the burgeoning socialist movement. It was based on a desire for greater control of Scottish economic resources. By ...

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IT HAS now been two weeks since Scotland got control over income tax, the so-called Scottish Rate of Income Tax (or SRIT). Under this deal, Scotland has put in its own 10p rate of tax, and Westminster ...