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 ...

"There was no appetite in Wales for a further referendum on devolution and this provided a brake on such a radical change ...

UK ministers have been warned they will be undermining devolution if they set up new freeports in Scotland and Wales without the backing of the devolved governments. Scottish Government ministers have ...

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 ...

Unionists may want to consider another devolution referendum to secure decisive support for the Scotland Bill and end the ongoing manoeuvring towards independence, a leading political commentator has ...

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 ...

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Twenty years ago today, Scotland voted 3:1 for devolution in a referendum delivered by Tony Blair’s Labour government. Yet while today there are no calls for a return to direct rule, and while the ...

The Smith Commission’s proposals on the devolution of further powers to the Scottish parliament were released on Thursday. The cross-party commission, comprising representatives from the Scottish ...

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 ...

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, ...