The unity of the United Kingdom is coming under threat again with Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon's Monday announcement that she will seek a new referendum on independence in the next two years.

Keir Starmer has said he cannot imagine another Scottish independence referendum taking place during his time as prime minister. The Labour leader insisted it was more important to focus on the ...

In response, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the Scottish National Party (SNP) will use the next UK general election as a "de facto referendum" to show that a majority of people in ...

It's been a busy few years for the U.K., as the country went to the polls three times—for the Scottish independence referendum in September 2014, the general election in 2015, and the vote on ...

Ten years after the independence referendum, Scotland cannot leave behind its “toxic legacy of division” until the “fanatical” SNP is removed from power, Douglas Ross has said. The ...

Scotland will publish a new independence referendum bill, part of its efforts to push for Scotland’s interests to be taken into account as Britain negotiates its withdrawal from the European Union.

Scotland cannot hold second independence referendum, Supreme Court rules Nicola Sturgeon vows to use 2024 general election as ‘de facto’ referendum after court defeat Matt Mathers , Adam Forrest ...

Sturgeon said the timing of Scotland’s second referendum was crucial. She wants the vote to be held between the fall of 2018 and the spring of 2019, which should be roughly when the United ...

And at the 2015 General Election her party won 56 of Scotland’s 59 constituencies. That result, she said, was a democratic mandate for another go at a referendum, but she held her fire until the ...