The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence ...

Past visits suggest the US president's latest trip to his mother's homeland is unlikely to receive a warm welcome.

Beset with suspensions and resignations, the anti-immigration party leads in the polls as voters voice discontent with established parties.

THERE is a major flaw in Seamus Logan’s argument that appears to make clear majority support for independence contingent on the ...

Today in History for July 25: In 325, the Council of Nicea closed. Regarded as the first ecumenical council, its 300 attending bishops drafted the Nicene Creed and fixed the formula for Easter Sunday.

In a quiet corner of Glasgow’s East End, a radical public health experiment is underway. For the first time in the United Kingdom, people who inject illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine can do so ...

Edinburgh is one of the most visited cities in the United Kingdom—and deservedly so, though not without side effects. For ...

I could easily have written the following: "There have been six Scottish Parliament elections so far. The seventh will take place next year. "The calibre of MSP elected was hardly encouraging in 1999 ...

Escher, which supplied middleware in the Post Office Horizon system, is eyeing up the contract to replace the controversial ...

The announcement by socialist MP Zarah Sultana that she was quitting the Labour Party to join with Jeremy Corbyn and others to create a new party ...

David Swindle tells our Criminal Record podcast that he backs proposals for a Suzanne’s Law where the killer must disclose ...