23+ hour, 15+ min ago   (583+ words) THE leaders of the UK’s devolved administrations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at giving Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish voters a say on their constitutional futures. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (510+ words) THE momentum for constitutional change is “undeniable” and Westminster “must prepare for a post-UK future”, John Swinney has said ahead of meetings with the first ministers of Wales and Northern Ireland. Scotland’s First Minister will speak to Plaid Cymru leader…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (617+ words) JOHN Swinney must go to the people of Scotland to ask whether the country should have a second independence referendum, according to Alex Salmond’s former top aide. Chris McEleny, who was Salmond’s right-hand man during his time as Alba leader,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1046+ words) THE Scottish Government has been warned against pursuing an “unwinnable and deeply damaging” cuts agenda amid mounting speculation about an early Westminster election. There is growing expectation that Andy Burnham could go to the polls as early as next spring…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (432+ words) JOHN Swinney has invited Prime Minister Andy Burnham to meet to agree a "legal mechanism" which would trigger a second Scottish independence referendum. It comes after Burnham said that the rules governing when a repeat of the 2014 vote could be…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (656+ words) THOUSANDS have signed a fresh petition demanding a second referendum on Scottish independence after Andy Burnham set out the conditions for one, with an email being sent straight to the Prime Minister's inbox. Around 23,000 Scots had already signed the so-called…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (738+ words) IT is “dangerous” to compare Scotland to Northern Ireland – and Prime Minister Andy Burnham was actually talking about the “distinction” between the two when he appeared to lay out the route to a second independence referendum, a Scottish Labour leadership…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (302+ words) THE BBC has been forced to issue a correction after failing to declare a guest's Unionist links. In a programme on BBC Radio Scotland on July 30, presenter Stephen Jardine interviewed Dr Robert Kilgour during a segment on Scotland's social care…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (535+ words) THERE is a “growing, dangerous gap” between SNP party policy and the Scottish Government, the party’s largest affiliate body has warned. Speaking to The National, the national secretary of the SNP Trade Union Group – which has around one in six…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (527+ words) ANDY Burnham has been accused of snubbing Scottish voters once again after it emerged he had spent the weekend with the royals in Balmoral – avoiding members of the public and the media. The Prime Minister and his wife, Marie-France van…...