Scotland may call itself a nation but it has no status as a sovereign nation-state in the eyes of anyone but fanatical nationalists.

Scotland’s Tax Strategy is welcome but says little concrete about tax policy. And some actual tax policy is divorced from any ...

Assembly members (MLAs) are unlikely to receive "massive" pay rises as a result of the introduction of new plans to set pay levels for assembly members, the justice minister has said. Naomi Long added ...

Petition creator Karen Hickman argues the current scheme is “unjust” and calls for “equality for everyone over 60”. The campaigner explained people in England, living outside London, are not entitled ...

Stormont MLAs currently have annual salaries of £52,500, while counterparts in Scotland and Wales take home £72,197 and ...

MPs urged the Department for Transport to look at 'peak time' travel for pensioners and allow carers on buses for free ...

People over 60 or those with a disability can travel for free on buses in Scotland, but the rules are different in England.

The Department for Transport confirmed last year that the UK Government has "absolutely no plans to withdraw the ...

SCOTLAND has been hailed for its free pensioner travel scheme as the UK Government was urged to expand an “unjust” policy.

The national entitlement scheme operates UK-wide but there are different eligibility rules under devolved governments.

The title comes from a famous (or used-to-be famous) book written by George Dangerfield, and published in 1935. The book ...

Nicola Sturgeon has called for Scotland to have a process to hold an independence referendum such as Northern Ireland has to hold a border poll.