Saturday 18 May 2013

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UK government launches Scotland analysis programme »

The UK government formally launched the Scotland analysis programme on Monday 11 February in a bid to equip citizens in Scotland with the necessary information surrounding the debate on Scottish independence. According to the UK government web site, t...

Wed 20 Feb 2013 by Jon Vrushi | Read more »

Coalition embarrassed by Corby by-election defeat »

The Westminster coalition government has been left embarrassed after a crushing defeat to Labour in the Corby by-election in Northamptonshire. Labour's Andy Sawford enjoyed a 12.67 per cent swing to overturn a 1,951 majority from the 2010 election to ...

Wed 21 Nov 2012 by Gareth Llewellyn | Read more »

Boyle wins defamation damages from national newspaper »

Comedian Frankie Boyle won more than £50,000 in damages on Monday after winning his libel case against the Daily Mirror. The 40-year-old from Glasgow claimed the national newspaper defamed him by describing him as "racist comedian Frankie Boyle"...

Wed 24 Oct 2012 by Ben Cohen | Read more »

Labour commission on devolution meets »

The first meeting of the Scottish Labour Party’s commission to review additional powers for Scotland took place last week, seven months after it was first announced. Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont announced the commission in March during h...

Wed 24 Oct 2012 by Megan Wells | Read more »

Cameron backs referendum on Europe »

David Cameron has given his personal backing to a future referendum on Europe, describing it as “the cleanest, neatest and simplest way” of getting the public’s consent on the nature of Britain’s membership in a changing EU. Ho...

Wed 24 Oct 2012 by Daniel do Rosario | Read more »

Ministers reach referendum deal »

Prime Minister David Cameron and First Minister Alex Salmond signed a historic agreement in Edinburgh today, which paves the way for Scotland to hold a legally binding referendum for independence in two years time. The ‘Edinburgh Agreement&rsq...

Tue 16 Oct 2012 by Daniel do Rosario | Read more »

Democracy 2015 campaign launched »

Andreas Whittam Smith, a founder of The Independent, has launched Democracy 2015; a campaign which hopes to revolutionise British politics in time for the next general election. Democracy 2015 puts an emphasis on Britain’s strong democratic trad...

Wed 10 Oct 2012 by Molly Hunt | Read more »

Miliband a remedy to the 'Thatcherite disease' »

Tuesday 2 October 2012 will go down in history as the day Ed Miliband cast off the labels of the right-wing media and showed Britain who he really is. It was the day the geeky teenager transformed into a man of real substance, the day the clouds of do...

Wed 10 Oct 2012 by Toby Powell | Read more »

Scottish Government Minister warns against UK charity tax relief plans »

Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has warned against chancellor George Obsorne's plans to issue a cap on tax relief for charity donations, warning that the sector would be harmed by the proposals. From 2013 tax relief for charity donations is to...

Thu 26 Apr 2012 by Jonney Rhodes | Read more »

Scotland wins further powers as Scotland Bill is passed »

The Scottish Parliament voted unanimously to give parliamentary consent for the UK Government’s ‘Scotland Bill’ last week, which stands to enact “the largest transfer of fiscal power from London since the creation of the United ...

Thu 26 Apr 2012 by Daniel do Rosario | Read more »

Edinburgh Student Forum promotes student involvement in local politics »

The Edinburgh Student Forum (ESF) Student Congress has launched the “Voice Your Vote” campaign at the Heriot-Watt Students Union. The campaign is intended to raise awareness about the upcoming 3 May local authority elections and to registe...

Tue 13 Mar 2012 by Margaret Sessa-Hawkins | Read more »

NUS calls for 'walk-out' protest by students »

The National Union of Students (NUS) has called for a national walkout of students on 14 March 2012 to protest the on-going cuts to education and public services. The walkout is to be the pinnacle of a week of action taking place from 12-16 March. In...

Mon 13 Feb 2012 by Greg Bianchi | Read more »

Salmond sets out Scottish plans for Defence Force »

Alex Salmond has announced that the recommendations of the UK Defence Review could offer a blueprint for the military in an independent Scotland. In an interview with the BBC, the First Minister outlined a “defence force” of one naval base...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Rory Scothorne | Read more »

Lord Steel warns against bungled intervention in Independence debate »

A former Holyrood presiding officer has warned David Cameron and other senior English politicians to stay out of the Scottish independence debate at the risk of handing victory to the SNP. Lord Steel, a Liberal Democrat peer, accused the coalition Gov...

Wed 01 Feb 2012 by Dominique Cottee | Read more »

No RUK fees respite for Scottish Government as students march in Edinburgh »

Edinburgh students last week staged another demonstration in the Scottish capital, the latest in a series of recent protests against rising tuition fees and swingeing cuts to higher education. The march from the Scottish Parliament to the Scotland Off...

Mon 28 Nov 2011 by Marcus Kernohan, Greg Bianchi | Read more »

Scottish Tories: A new captain is not enough. We need a new ship »

The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party keeps losing. We lost all our MPs in 1997. We lost vote share in 1999. We lost seats and vote-share in 2007, and then again in 2011. It wasn’t for lack of trying: our people worked hard and we had goo...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by Murdo Fraser | Read more »

Conservatives ponder further cuts to Scottish MPs »

The Conservatives have reiterated policy plans to cut 10 percent of MPs and set a fixed UK electoral quota as part of their parliamentary reforms. Should he become the next prime minister, David Cameron plans to push for a constituency boundary review...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Matthew Moore | Read more »

Where the Party's at »

When the Tories were slowly imploding in the run up to our first landslide victory in 1997, former minister Alan Clark called me to bemoan his party's fate. As my diaries show, this fellow diarist phoned me rather a lot, more th an his party whips a...

Wed 20 Jan 2010 by Alastair Campbell | Read more »

Scottish Sun refuses to endorse Tories »

The editor of the Scottish edition of tabloid newspaper The Sun has said he will not be offering his backing to David Cameron’s Conservative Party. The decision follows the declaration of support for the Conservatives, published by the newspaper...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by Joe Pike | Read more »

SNP referendum plans on hold after parliamentary defeat »

The Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives and the Labour Party have voted to ditch SNP plans for a referendum on Scottish independence until after the next election in 2011. The vote, which was a Lib Dem amendment to a Labour-led discussion on the fail...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Anna Murray | Read more »