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A new report by Professor Jim Gallagher warns that devolved government in Scotland is “in stasis” and faces a looming fiscal crisis after ...

THE SNP have challenged Anas Sarwar to clarify whether he backs his Welsh Labour colleagues in the Senedd who have accused Keir Starmer’s government of “rolling back on devolution" ...

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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Scotland is on the brink of inflicting £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) in budget cuts on itself over the next five years, according to new data from the research unit F raser of Allander Institute (FAI).

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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 ...

EDINBURGH—Now Scotland won't be leaving the U.K., the real work begins. Prime Minister David Cameron and senior politicians from the U.K.'s main political parties have pledged to transfer more tax and ...

The UK government has said it will provide support to all the parties involved in further devolution discussions. The Smith commission is expected to reach an initial agreement at the end of November.

On Thursday, when Scottish voters put their relationship with the U.K. to the ballot, three hundred years of membership in the United Kingdom will be at stake. But those 307 years of togetherness ...