December 2019

Last week’s general election returned the biggest Conservative majority since 1987. Boris Johnson was re-elected as Prime Minister with the Conservatives winning 365 out of 650 seats; six of those in Scotland (a loss of seven).  This gives the Prime Minister a strong mandate to...

Keeping pace with the EU and environmental governance - two aspects of the likely upcoming Continuity Bill in Scotland. Most of the last Continuity Bill was found to be unlawful by the Supreme Court. However, the Scottish Government plan to introduce a new Bill in 2020...