The Scottish Budget has passed its first hurdle with backing from the Lib Dems, Greens, and Alba, while Labour abstained. The deal includes a ...

The report - The Scottish Government-Scottish Parliament Written Agreement on Intergovernmental Relations: Still Fit for Purpose? - was commissioned by the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish ...

The Scottish Parliament was created by a law known as the Scotland Act (1998). This law also set out what powers the Scottish Parliament holds. Extra powers were added in the Scotland Act (2016).

Motherwell and Wishaw MSP Clare Adamson has joined calls for the Scottish Parliament to have the powers to build an immigration system to suit Scotland’s needs. Scotland has unique challenges ...

It’s a well-known truism that if a newspaper headline is phrased as a question, the answer to that question is always “No”. And nothing’s changed here.

They have ruled that the Scottish Parliament does not have this power under the Scotland Act. Now, many people in Scotland, including some of our elected representatives seem to be confused by this ...

The Scottish Parliament does not have a second chamber like the House of Lords. Instead, it has a powerful committee system which can propose as well as scrutinise bills. Committees are made up of ...

A glowing report on Healing Arts Scotland festival, held in 2024, has spurred on hope that the arts will be better integrated ...

A row in the Irish parliament has been labelled a “subversion of the Irish Constitution” by would-be Irish premier Micheal Martin. The Fianna Fail leader, who was poised to become the next taoiseach ...

BBC Director General Tim Davie has said he wants more Scots working on hit show The Traitors, but defended the corporation’s programme ...

THE Home Office has remained silent after the Scottish Parliament called for UK Government action on a bespoke visa scheme for Scotland. On Thursday, MSPs at Holyrood backed an SNP Government motion – ...

THE audacity of independence? Rabbie Burns would not have needed to paraphrase Barack Obama’s inspiring words about the “audacity of hope” ...