The Barnett formula was first introduced prior to the 1979 general election by the Labour chief secretary to the Treasury Joel Barnett, after whom the formula is named. Initially it was viewed as a...
Rachael Hamilton, Tory MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire and owner of the Buccleuch Arms Hotel in St Boswells, vented her annoyance with Holyrood this afternoon, insisting it was “a really frustrating place to...
A pro-EU group is set to unleash its campaign of forcefully hard-hitting ads to pressurise and unseat Tory MPs who voted for the UK/Australia trade deal which is probably set to affect farmers in...
The basic annual salary for an MP from 1 April 2020 is £81,932. MPs also receive expenses to cover the costs of running an office, employing staff, having somewhere to live in London or...
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s TED talk on how small countries can make a big impact on climate change. When it comes to tackling climate change, the size of a country doesn’t matter – it’s...
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, addresses the Global Assembly Conference on the first day of COP26. “The Climate Assembly provides a platform for those often unheard voices, especially the voices of women, young...
Last week’s sewage spills into rivers and seas around England certainly brought into focus the fact that the UK government, although heavily pushing the mantra of Global Britain, is not wholly committed to protecting...
Some people, concerned by the disruption that COP26 and its 25,000 delegates will cause to those who live in and around the city between 31st October and 12th November, are asking why is the...
This video was posted on Twitter this morning. It’s Alan Bissett speaking during the 2014 referendum campaign, but his words are as pertinent and appropriate today as they were when first spoken. So listen...
Last week, the UK parliament voted against an amendment (by the House of Lords) to their environment bill that would have prevented, by placing a legal duty on water companies in England and Wales,...
The Barnett formula was first introduced prior to the 1979 general election by the Labour chief secretary to the Treasury Joel Barnett, after whom the formula is named. Initially it was viewed as a...
Rachael Hamilton, Tory MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire and owner of the Buccleuch Arms Hotel in St Boswells, vented her annoyance with Holyrood this afternoon, insisting it was “a really frustrating place to...
A pro-EU group is set to unleash its campaign of forcefully hard-hitting ads to pressurise and unseat Tory MPs who voted for the UK/Australia trade deal which is probably set to affect farmers in...
The basic annual salary for an MP from 1 April 2020 is £81,932. MPs also receive expenses to cover the costs of running an office, employing staff, having somewhere to live in London or...
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s TED talk on how small countries can make a big impact on climate change. When it comes to tackling climate change, the size of a country doesn’t matter – it’s...
Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, addresses the Global Assembly Conference on the first day of COP26. “The Climate Assembly provides a platform for those often unheard voices, especially the voices of women, young...
Last week’s sewage spills into rivers and seas around England certainly brought into focus the fact that the UK government, although heavily pushing the mantra of Global Britain, is not wholly committed to protecting...
Some people, concerned by the disruption that COP26 and its 25,000 delegates will cause to those who live in and around the city between 31st October and 12th November, are asking why is the...
This video was posted on Twitter this morning. It’s Alan Bissett speaking during the 2014 referendum campaign, but his words are as pertinent and appropriate today as they were when first spoken. So listen...
Last week, the UK parliament voted against an amendment (by the House of Lords) to their environment bill that would have prevented, by placing a legal duty on water companies in England and Wales,...
