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 ...

A new report has warned of a “clear decline in trust” in the Scottish Government since the dawn of devolution, with less than half of respondents saying it acts in the country’s best interests. The ...

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 ...

The Scottish Retail Consortium has told ministers that devolution of VAT should not take place, saying that a UK-wide system provides "clarity, consistency, and simplicity" for consumers and the ...

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CAERNARFON/YORK, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Scotland's chance to vote for independence has lit hopes in other regions of Britain that a reworking of political ties might boost their chances of self-rule too.