The Republic of Ireland’s Referendums Commission has been useful and trusted in distributing “objective” information to voters, Dr Theresa Reidy told Holyrood’s finance and constitution committee

Professor John Curtice comments: “It can no longer be presumed that Scotland would vote ‘no’ again in an independence ballot”

The Scottish Government runs a “generous” grant scheme of between £2960 to £6720 per hectare for five years

New analysis based on EU projections suggest that if Scotland matched the population growth of the Nordic countries, its population would be 500,000 higher by 2040

Linda Fabiani MSP: “The Treasury should pay the money back”

Proposed changes to the Planning Bill, which would see its reforms to the short term let sector only apply in some areas, follow months of industry lobbying

Polarisation between Scottish and English voters next week could reignite the sense of democratic outrage over Brexit, and reinforce the necessity of independence

SAME as it ever was, it’s happening again.

The first minister today laid out plans to pursue primary legislation on a second independence referendum, establish a Citizen’s Assembly, and consider proposals from opposition parties for enhancing Scottish devolution

Not only is British and US foreign policy responsible for the rise of the so-called Islamic State group, but it is now breeding the conditions for future chaos

THE Daesh group (or the so-called Islamic State) has finally been crushed, by and at enormous cost to local populations, as it makes its last stand in Baghuz on the Euphrates river near the Syria-Iraq border.

At its height Daesh's would-be 'caliphate' stretched over 34,000 square miles and established brutal rule over eight million people across parts of Iraq, Syria and Kurdistan.

Evidence emerges UK Government Asset Protection Agency pushed RBS outfit to take aggressive measures against small and medium businesses