When the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, recently told a group of MPs that devolution in Scotland has been a “disaster” he raised an interesting question. Has handing greater powers to the Scottish ...
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 ...
Had the Scots voted for independence in September’s referendum and Scotland had become a European Union member state, the cross-border legislation would have kicked in and defined benefit schemes with ...
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 ...
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has inflamed Scottish discontent with his Conservative government by reportedly saying that giving governing powers to Scotland had been a “disaster.” ...
THE Scottish Labour Party describes itself as “the party of devolution” but is that commitment shared by this Labour ...
On my last visit home to Edinburgh, I found myself in conversation with a group of Scottish National Party (SNP) diehards.
Boris Johnson is determined to be the “voice” of the anti-independence majority in Scotland, Downing Street said, after a minister branded those pushing for a second referendum “frankly mad”. The ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reid surveying the newly completed Scottish Parliament debating chamber in 2004: a convert from Labour, he was never insular in ...
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 ...
A memo recorded Sir Keir Starmer telling ministers to be prepared to make decisions even if it was against the wishes of a UK nation's devolved government The prime minister has defended his approach ...