SNP leader wants to ensure voices of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ‘are heard loud and clear’ John Swinney has said he plans to work with the nationalist first ministers in Wales and Northern ...

Early writing is a tale of two scripts. Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform both emerged independently about 5300 years ago. The political powers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ...

Pippa Crerar is joined by the election analyst Prof Rob Ford to look at the upcoming local and devolved elections. Will Reform dominate across England? Can the Greens remove Labour’s longstanding hold ...

The Scottish Aggregates Tax is set to be introduced after a formal handover of powers between the Scottish and UK Governments has been agreed. It will replace the UK Aggregates Levy from 1 April in ...

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Findings from a Freedom of Information (FOI) request confirms ‘assessments’ for people claiming disability benefits in Scotland technically no longer exist. People applying for Adult, Child or Pension ...

The Scottish Government has published a full list of the new rates for devolved benefits and one-off payments for the 2026/27 financial year. During the Scottish Budget last month, Finance Secretary ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Warner Bros‘ Weapons. Writer-director Zach Cregger described the ...

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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered national government agencies (NGA) to conduct an analysis on the operationalization of the full devolution initiative and come up with the list of ...

The Welsh Government will receive additional funding of £505m (Image credit: Welsh Parliament) Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced additional funding for the devolved governments. Reeves said the ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 103, extending the transition period for the full devolution of certain executive branch functions to local ...