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  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    Scottish independence
    SNP divided over path to independence

    Nationalists to consider ‘alternative routes’ if second referendum vote is blocked

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Scotland
    Scotland’s first citizens’ assembly calls for more powers for Edinburgh

    Report from 100-strong group makes 60 recommendations, including rent caps and tax evasion crackdown

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Making UK governance fit for the future

    A key post-Brexit pledge was to increase democratic accountability

  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    Philip Stephens
    Brexit’s second act may break the UK union

    Scottish independence is not inevitable, but the only alternative is a new, federal settlement

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    UK should ‘learn lessons’ from second Scottish Covid wave

    Research suggests travel restrictions should have been tougher and earlier, says Sturgeon

  • Saturday, 28 November, 2020
    Scottish National Party
    SNP promises free breakfast and lunch for all primary pupils

    Nationalists seek to bolster progressive credentials ahead of renewed push for independence

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    Scotland
    Scotland’s Covid death rate prompts questions over Sturgeon’s strategy

    Proportionately more people north of border have been dying of coronavirus than in England

  • Saturday, 21 November, 2020
    Johnson proposes shift of Scottish powers from Edinburgh to councils

    Conference speech plays down prime minister’s Zoom call criticism of devolution to English MPs

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    Johnson’s ‘union task force’ to boost case for UK unity

    Committee of Tory MPs will seek to reverse rising majority for Scottish independence

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  • Monday, 16 November, 2020
    Scottish independence
    Johnson stokes Scottish anger by calling devolution ‘a disaster’

    UK PM left trying to heal damage over comments to northern English Tory MPs

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Boris Johnson under pressure to extend furlough payments to all of UK

    Scotland and Wales demand equal treatment with England in event of future lockdowns

  • Monday, 2 November, 2020
    Scotland
    Scottish Tory leader issues ‘wake-up call’ to Westminster over union

    Douglas Ross blasts UK government’s handling of Brexit amid fears that backing for independence is rising

  • Sunday, 25 October, 2020
    Europe
    Europe’s regional leaders chafe at curbs from above as second wave hits

    From Manchester to Madrid, tensions are high between local authorities and central governments over the pandemic

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The pandemic has exposed weaknesses in the UK model

    The country needs a more effective settlement for a post-Brexit future

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Frederick Studemann
    Even Germany’s localism is questioned in the pandemic

    While the case is being made for regionalism in England, flaws in the model are being exposed

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
    FT SeriesCoronavirus: Could the world have been spared?
    Will coronavirus break the UK?

    Covid-19 has already driven a greater wedge between the four nations, testing the boundaries of power. But could it push them even further apart?

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
    Gove pledges to reset relations with devolved capitals

    UK government aims to improve liaison after clashes during coronavirus crisis

  • Tuesday, 22 September, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    England goes it alone on household social visits

    Curbs on home gatherings highlight more cautious approach of devolved governments

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    Philip Stephens
    Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan will break the UK union

    The insistence that England must decide what Scotland eats is a gift to the independence movement

  • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
    ExplainerUK Government
    UK sets out controversial plans for internal market after Brexit

    Legislation published on Wednesday unites Brussels, Edinburgh and Cardiff in anger at Boris Johnson’s government

  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
    UK politics & policy
    Burnham demands final say on lockdown after government U-turn

    Manchester mayor condemns ‘chaos’ as lifting of restrictions is reversed abruptly

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
    Scottish independence
    Sturgeon revives plans for second Scottish independence vote

    First minister vows to publish draft legislation for fresh plebiscite before next May’s parliamentary election

  • Wednesday, 19 August, 2020
    Wales issues stark warning over UK internal market

    Cardiff administration says post-Brexit proposals would undermine devolution and ‘accelerate break-up of Union’

  • Friday, 14 August, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Scotland and Wales overruled London on quarantine deadline

    Travel restrictions on France and other countries brought forward by 24 hours after pressure from devolved nations

  • Thursday, 16 July, 2020
    Explainer
    Why UK unity is being tested by Westminster’s post-Brexit plan

    Johnson is on collision course with devolved administrations over internal market

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