It has been a truly remarkable week in politics and the law in Scotland. MSPs have been debating a live criminal court case at Holyrood. Questions have been raised about a judge's decision to postpone ...

Political parties in Scotland have been urged by a leading think tank to “be honest” with the electorate over the scale of ...

A Republican voting overhaul is back on Capitol Hill — with an added photo identification provision and an altered name.

These kilts will cost a pretty penny. Analysts reckon the bond market will charge 0.3 percentage points more for them than for gilts. The SNP argues that the costs are outweighed by the benefits, from ...

THERE is something mildly dizzying about an opinion poll which shows the SNP on 33 per cent of the Holyrood constituency vote and 31 per cent of ...

THE sensational breakdown of Britain’s two-party system leaves Labour facing a serious test at May’s crunch local elections. Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure from both left and right as Reform, ...

The voting age is currently 18 for UK parliamentary elections. It is also 18 for local elections, police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales, and all elections in Northern Ireland.

Scott Leiendecker, a former GOP election official, is suddenly one of the most important people in U.S. elections.

The Government has announced that it will push ahead with plans to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in general elections in the UK as part of a major overhaul of democratic participation.

An alliance of organisations have used their election manifesto to demand a move towards greater support for the community ...

Boundary changes mean that the old East Lothian seat will no longer be contested – instead, the majority of county residents will vote in the new East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs seat, but those in ...

Voters in Scotland and Wales will elect representatives to their national parliaments, while a number of local council and mayoral polls will take place in England. In Northern Ireland, local council ...