GP contracts may be devolved to Scottish GovernmentCAROLINE WILSON
Which all ties in of course with what the Scottish government have been suggesting, that the Great Repeal Bill is about to be used to remove these previous areas of devolved competency that were part of the EU legislation and taken back to Westminster… In effect a power grab… But that qu...
This paper focuses on the extent to which issues of equality, social justice and social welfare have been mobilised in the most prominent imaginings of an independent Scotland. Since 2011 the SNP Scottish Government has repeatedly argued that any future independent Scotland will be characterised by ...
The Scottish Government is the devolved government for Scotland. It is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport. Previously known as the Scottish Executive. St Andrew's House Regent Roa...
But let us now turn and deliver judgement on those areas where devolved power makes the Scottish government as autonomous now as it would be were Scotland fully sovereign – where the buck stops not with Boris Johnson, but the First Minster. We could pick out the CalMac ferries fiasco, and...
The Scottish parliament has sole responsibility for some policy areas, but adheres to policy set by the British government in others. Article content As the law stands, to hold another referendum legally, Scotland needs the permission of the British parliament, but the SNP could decide to...
and a strong UK is good for Scotland." The No argument used the referendum itself as a case in point, for it is thanks to the devolved powers of a system of government that is flexible and responsive to changing needs and circumstances,â that the UK government was able to deli...
The post covers the key areas of governance, division of roles and salaries and recruitment in each area. It also briefly highlights other possible options from legislatures elsewhere. Devolved parliaments Referendums in 1997 paved the way for the creation of the Scottish Parliament and the ...
stance to immigration politics.In Scotland,for example,a rise in nationalism and calls for Scottish independence from the UK (effectively:from England) since the 1960s is evident in the fact that the Scottish National Party(SNP)has held powerin the regional(devolved)governmentof Scotlandsince2007....
The Scottish National Party, or SNP, won a fourth consecutive term in government in the Holyrood election on May 6, claiming 64 seats, which was one short of a majority. By adding the seven seats the Scottish Greens secured, the leadership would have a clear majority to pass legislation to...