Scottish Independence
The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with independent charity Doctors in Distress to provide MDU members with access to health and wellbeing services to support positive mental health. The partnership, launched today (13th November) to coincide with World Kindness Day, focuses on two initiatives. The… Read more »
Humanists UK has welcomed the announcement of a Private Members’ Bill which would disestablish the Church of England and separate church and state. Currently the Church of England is the official state religion of England, and the monarch is both the head of state and the head of the Church of England. The practice of… Read more »
Latest articles
Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has set a ten-year target for winning independence from Westminster. The SNP leader had previously promised to hold a referendum on independence by the end of the nationalist party’s first term in government. Yesterday, however, he predicted Scotland would gain independence within a decade, leaving it free to raise its… Read more »
Alex Salmond has said a referendum bill offering independence to the Scottish people will be enacted during the current Scottish parliament. The Scottish National party (SNP) leader, delivering the leader’s speech at the SNP conference in Aviemore, said the bill would be placed before Holyrood in time for it to be passed by the current… Read more »
