Over three-quarters of research grants for Scottish universities come from UK-wide funding, MSPs on the public audit committee heard...

Freedom of Information documents published by the Scottish Conservatives have revealed the impact on key domestic issues as part of SNP...

Being an advocate for Scotland remaining in the UK leading up to the 2014 referendum, and in the five years that have passed since, is...

I’m writing this shortly before the anniversary of people in Scotland voting overwhelmingly to remain in the UK. If I think back to five...

Updated with additional polling data and tables. A landmark opinion poll marking the fifth anniversary of the Scottish independence...

Desperate to jump on the comments of a former president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy,  as a signal that an independent...

My fear is that Brexit will unsettle the unity of our UK.  The Union is not England writ large. It belongs to Scotland too, and has...

The SNP has been accused of trying to 'con voters’ after highlighting the importance of exports to the EU – but failing to mention the...

A new opinion poll has shown that a majority of Scots back remaining in the UK despite the SNP’s relentless campaign for more...

Nicola Sturgeon has announced in the Programme for Government that she ‘intends’ to seek the power to hold a divisive second independence...

Ruth Davidson handled her resignation with honesty, dignity and sure-footed aplomb, just as she has dealt with most matters during her...

A new report for the think tank Our Scottish Future has outlined the devastating financial impact of the SNP’s plan to ditch the pound....

Spanish MEP Esteban Gonzalez Pons, a leading figure in the European People’s Party, has said the size of an independent Scotland’s...

SNP deputy leader Keith Brown has claimed an independent Scotland would more than halve the country’s deficit from 7 to 3 per cent in...

Two new research papers from Nuffield College, Oxford University, have been published following the release of this year’s GERS figures....

The latest official Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) figures have demonstrated ‘beyond doubt’ that Scotland is stronger...

Comment ahead of the publication of the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) figures, due to be published this morning at...

This article first appeared in The Scotsman newspaper (20/08/2019). In recent weeks, the question of Scotland’s constitutional future has...

RBS would move its HQ to London if Scotland becomes independent because the bank would be too big for the Scottish economy, outgoing...

Commenting on the Prime Minister being in Scotland today, and on his announcement of new Growth Deals for Falkirk, the Islands and Argyll...