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Scottish devolution

  • What was in the 2015 Queen’s Speech, bill-by-bill

    May 28, 2015

      A full employment and welfare benefits bill aiming to create 2m more jobs and 3m more apprenticeships An enterprise bill to cut red tape and help small and medium-sized businesses resolve late payment disputes A personal tax allowance bill raising the personal allowance to £12,500 and linking future increases to the minimum wage A finance bill [...]

  • Queen’s Speech 2015: Business community and others react to announcements on immigration, housing, employment, tax, Scotland and English devolution

    May 27, 2015

    The Queen's Speech – the first full-Tory state opening of Parliament since 1996 – has come and gone. But what is the business community making of it all? Here are the best reactions so far. On the tax lock: Chas Roy-Chowdhury, head of tax at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants says: “This is a [...]

  • Queen’s Speech 2015: Everything we know so far including the EU referendum, devolution, Human Rights Act, income tax, housing and Scotland

    May 26, 2015

    The Queen's Speech will unveil the Conservative government's policy agenda on Wednesday and having shed its coalition partner at the General Election, some pretty major shifts in policy are expected.  Here are some of the top pledges expected to feature in the state opening of parliament tomorrow.  EU referendum bill Having committed to holding an [...]

  • As Nicola Sturgeon demands more powers, is a second Scottish independence vote inevitable?

    May 17, 2015

    Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London, says Yes. The genie is out of the bottle, the toothpaste out of the tube. Pick whichever metaphor you like, but be sure of one thing: it’s a case of “when”, not “if”. The SNP is simply biding its time, waiting for its chance. [...]

  • David Cameron and Nicola Sturgeon talk Scottish devolution as PM bids to save the union

    May 14, 2015

    Prime Minister David Cameron and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon will meet face-to-face for the first time today since last week’s General Election. The election ushered in big victories for both Cameron’s Conservatives and Sturgeon’s SNP, with the Prime Minister’s party securing an outright national majority and the Scottish nationalists winning 56 of Scotland’s [...]

  • Thousands want Manchester, Sheffield and the north to become part of “New Scotland”

    May 14, 2015

    Thousands of northerners want to break away from the UK, even as chancellor George Osborne announces new devolved powers to cities across the country. More than 12,000 people have signed a petition calling for the north to secede from the UK and join Scotland, creating a "New Scotland" that includes Manchester, Sheffield and some of the country's [...]

  • Can Labour win in 2020? The tectonic plates are shifting in the Tories’ favour

    May 13, 2015

    Deja vu about 1992 is back. In the immediate aftermath of the 1992 election, speculation was rife that the Labour Party would be out of power for a generation. Five years later, Tony Blair won in a landslide. Will we see the same political cycle over the coming years, with Labour gradually re-establishing itself and [...]

  • Twin threats of Brexit and Scoxit will mar a good result for the City

    May 10, 2015

    “Were you up for Balls?” Or more likely, “were you up in time for Balls?” Reminiscent of “were you up for Portillo in 1997?”, former shadow chancellor Ed Balls’s loss of his seat was one of the most memorable moments in an astonishing General Election which will have far reaching implications for the country. It [...]

  • It’s high time Britain faced up to the risks of radical devolution of power

    March 25, 2015

    In all the sound and fury of the coming election, it’s important not to forget the areas where the parties agree. This includes support for much greater “localism” and devolution of power from central government – and not just to Scotland. One example is George Osborne’s support for an elected Manchester “super mayor”, a move [...]

  • First it was Scotland, now it’s Wales – David Cameron says he will devolve powers across the UK

    February 27, 2015

    Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to give more powers to Wales through a devolution package unveiled earlier today. "We want to deliver new powers to Wales so that more decisions are taken closer to the people and give greater responsibility to the Welsh Assembly," he said during a speech at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.   [...]

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