The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010 has been tabled in Parliament this week bringing about changes in the law for the Scottish Parliament election

There are nearly sixty Westminster Members of Parliament sitting for Scottish seats. Far too many when so much decision-taking has been devolved to the Scottish Parliament. Almost every aspect of every day life in Scotland, where there is any government intervention, is a matter for their own Government and their own Parliament. The intervention of those sitting for Scottish seats in matters that ...

On Tuesday I wrote a post in the local government blogs section about the Scottish Labour and Liberal Democrat leadership campaigns. Yesterday I received this email from a reader:Much as I enjoyed your ‘A Super Scottish Summer' blog I felt its placement in the Local Government Blog section an insult to the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Parliament is not a local council. Scotland has loca...

Westminster wants to see reforms of Scottish devolution to bring more financial "accountability" to the Scottish Parliament, a cabinet minister said today.

IRAQ'S parliament yesterday rejected for a second time a draft law allowing foreign troops from countries other than the United States, including Britain, to remain after

I am with the Prime Minister when he says the UK Parliament should decide on when the referendum on Scottish independence is held, and what the question should be. Scottish nationalist concerns will be recognised by the UK Parliament holding a referendum on the topic, and by agreeing to their view that only Scottish voters

Finally overcoming months of political deadlock, Iraq's Parliament overwhelmingly approved a provincial election law on Wednesday. Iraq's presidential council vetoed a previous version of the law in July, which Parliament passed after a walkout by Kurdish lawmakers. Debate over the law had been plagued by a complex dispute between Arabs and Kurds over the sharing of power between ethnic ...

BBC Democracy Live takes you on a tour of the Scottish Parliament.

The Scottish Parliament will launch its five-year Gaelic Language Plan next week. The plan outlines the Parliament’s core commitments to expanding the Gaelic services and resources it provides to the public. The plan builds on current Gaelic provision available at the Parliament in a number of ways including introducing a bilingual corporate identity, providing Gaelic awareness training to s...

THE Scottish Parliament's 500 rank and file staff are facing "almost certain" job losses, it emerged today.