Archive: Scotland

SNP pledges "can do" councils in local election manifesto

Salmond will say the party's councillors will be bringing "fresh ideas".

The Scottish nationalists launch their pledges for next month's local elections today, pledging to "put the people first" and run proactive councils.

Tories' Scottish pledges do little to rattle SNP

Miliband launches local election campaign after Galloway drubbing

Local elections 2012 rolling analysis

David Cameron's Scottish Conservatives conference speech in full

David Cameron: 'It’s not always easy being a Conservative in Scotland'

Read David Cameron's full speech to the Scottish Conservatives conference in full on politics.co.uk

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Miliband appeals to 'progressive' Scotland

Miliband says Scotland's progressive interests are best preserved by rejecting independence

Scotland's progressive instincts can best be fostered if it remains part of the UK, Ed Miliband has said.

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Clegg tells Salmond: Don't be so jumpy

Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has dismissed growing pressure from Westminster as "bullying".

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Podcast: Gamesmanship and the Scottish independence referendum

In our first podcast of the new year Alex Stevenson talks to SNP chief whip Stewart Hosie and former Scotland Office minister Ann McKechin about the gamesmanship we're seeing from Holyrood and Westminster - not that they'd call it that, of course.

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Analysis: Can London stop the SNP's independence referendum?

London and Edinburgh at loggerheads over independence referendum

London may have seized the initiative in the Scottish independence referendum debate, but it has by no means made certain it will get its way.

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London dictates terms of Scottish independence referendum

Is the United Kingdom about to break up?

A Scottish independence referendum can only take place under terms approved by London, the coalition government has said.

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SNP to press ahead with alcohol minimum pricing

Scots have a bigger drinking problem than rest of Britain

The Scottish government is set to use its overall majority in Holyrood to push through legislation introducing alcohol minimum pricing.

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The other referendum: SNP plots independence

SNP will reach out to other parties for referendum campaign

Scottish nationalists are preparing a lengthy campaign for independence after their party's annual conference in Inverness.

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Michael Moore Lib Dem conference speech in full

Michael Moore addresses the Liberal Democrat party conference in Birmingham

Read Scotland secretary Michael Moore's speech to the Liberal Democrat conference in full.

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Soldier first conviction for 'transgender prejudice'

A soldier has become the first person in Scotland to be convicted of transgender prejudice.

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The political week on Twitter

The week's best political tweets in one handy location.

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Talking tough: Scottish secretary takes the fight to the SNP

Scottish secretary Michael Moore signalled a tougher approach towards the Scottish National party (SNP) in a major speech in Edinburgh today.

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Comment: Funding gap leaves UK riddled by apartheid

Edward Higginbottom is treasurer of the Campaign for an English Parliament.

It's time to stop leaving the English at the bottom of the funding pile.

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Timeline: Scottish devolution

The relationship between Scotland and the UK has changed almost beyond recognition since Scotland's first parliamentary election 1997. This is how it happened.

English MPs left fuming as Scots spending divide grows

Spending gap with Scotland is only getting wider

News that the gap between public spending per head in Scotland and Wales rose by 15% last year has renewed calls for a shakeup in the system used to divide public money.

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