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Devolution

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Network Rail to devolve power to regional operators »

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In a move to improve regional services in Scotland, Network Rail has set decentralised plans in place for April this year. The plans come in response to recent customer complaints which cite communication and delays as major problems during the extrem...

Wed 09 Mar 2011 by Liam Bolton | Read more »

Clegg announces plans to move Holyrood poll »

Scottish Parliament

Nick Clegg’s plans to change the timetable of Holyrood’s 2015 election have been met with claims the Deputy Prime Minister was showing “gross disrespect." The Westminster and Holyrood elections are due to be held on the same dat...

Wed 29 Sep 2010 by Marcus de Wilde | Read more »

SNP shelve independence referendum »

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has announced its plans to leave their independence referendum until after the May elections. In a public statement, Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that her party would "let the people decide" on ...

Sun 12 Sep 2010 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »

Northern Ireland does a deal—on new deadlines »

Northern Ireland police

At the end of last week, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) finally decided to accept the terms of the agreement reached at Hillsborough Castle over ten days of negotiations with Sinn Fein and other parties. So does that put devolved power-sharing g...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Alan Trench | Read more »

Kingdom united against royal 'oath of allegiance' »

A suggestion by Lord Goldsmith that British teenagers be required to take ‘citizenship oaths’ has been greeted with a widespread mixture of anger and derision within the national media, and among politicians in Britain’s devolved parl...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 | Read more »

Scotland may lose some devolved powers, claims Brown »

Gordon Brown

The Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that a review into devolution could actually result in the loss of some of Scotland's existing powers as well as the increase in others.Mr Brown voiced his support for the Scottish Labour Party leader Wendy Ale...

Tue 26 Feb 2008 by Helen Walker | Read more »

Scottish MPs voice concern over increase in anti-Scottish sentiment »

The Scottish Parliament

Gordon Brown is facing mounting pressure as a number of his Scottish MPs have added their voices to calls for a solution to the West Lothian Question in order to tackle growing anti-Scottish sentiments south of the border.Mr Brown has thus far been unw...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Helen Walker | Read more »

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Sport

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