Northern Ireland Secretary's desire to coax the Northern Ireland parties towards a devolved administration is regarded with some irony in Scotland, where Tory opposition to devolution is seen in stark ...

Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at the impact of devolution on growing volatility of party political allegiance ...

WorldView:One hundred days on from the elections which brought them to power, the devolved administrations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are well installed and making political waves far ...

NEWLY released cabinet papers reveal that Tony Blair believed Labour’s devolution settlement had "lanced the boil of separatism" ...

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 ...

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ANALYSIS: Scotland's determination to have more self-government, if not independence, is provoking worries in the northeast of England AN INFLATABLE balloon in the shape of a white elephant became the ...

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 ...

Trust in the Scottish Government has plunged to the lowest level since devolution and there has been a sharp decline in satisfaction with the NHS. A damning new survey has revealed a massive fall in ...

Modern Scottish politicians often lack experience in the real world before entering Holyrood, unlike the impressive figures of the past.

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