ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
Brexit is a chance to for a better relationship between the Scottish and English parliaments
Regardless of the Brexit outcome, it is important that the UK looks at its constitution from top to bottom, or better still from bottom to top, writes PAULINE BRYAN
Holyrood, the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh
Long before modern labour movements, England’s farmworkers fought back against their oppression – and for some, like Elizabeth Studham, the price was exile to Australia. MAT COWARD tells the story
As world leaders posture and local politicians bore, voters are left with a grim choice: despair, disengage — or start imagining something better, says MATT KERR
CARLOS MARTINEZ reports on China’s role in helping Cuba develop self-sufficiency in renewable energy, which would shield it from the sort of pain Donald Trump is inflicting with his oil blockade
JAYNE FISHER on why the government’s latest amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill, which returns to the Commons on Tuesday, is a serious threat to our freedoms
A surge in futures activity minutes before news of US–Iran talks has led to questions about insider trading and oversight gaps, writes CJ ATKINS
LOCAL authorities across the UK are being starved of funding but also have a list of statutory duties.
Councils in Scotland have fared no better. The traditional powers excised by local government over decades have not been safeguarded.
The Scottish government is bypassing local authorities, and in the name of giving more powers to head teachers, taking more direct control of schools, which effectively takes education out of local democratic control.
This follows the centralisation of Fire and Rescue and Police Scotland.
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