LONDON (Reuters) - The UK Supreme Court begins two days of hearings on Tuesday to consider whether the Scottish government can pass legislation allowing it to hold a second independence referendum ...

Scotland appears to be inching its way towards another referendum over its independence from the rest of the UK. Regardless of whether a newly elected prime minister in Westminster will authorise it, ...

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her resignation Wednesday, leaving an unclear path for a new referendum for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom after her government spent ...

Voting for the Scottish Conservatives in the regional list vote is the “tried and tested way to stop an SNP majority”, claims the party’s leader Douglas Ross. He said the SNP government had “failed ...

Scottish flags are held by demonstrators outside the U.K. Supreme Court in London on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) (CN) — In a landmark decision Wednesday, the United Kingdom’s ...

William McDougall is affiliated with the EIS trade union. In the wake of Nicola Sturgeon’s surprise resignation, it cannot be overlooked that she became leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) ...

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