A petition has been launched in England to get free bus travel for all over 60s - with the same arrangements in place in ...

Nicola Sturgeon has called for Scotland to have a process to hold an independence referendum such as Northern Ireland has to hold a border poll.

For five years, the Independent Financial Review Panel (IFRP) set wages and expenses for politicians in the assembly. But the ...

Public sector pay awards have been a bone of contention for Stormont since its return last year with health and education ...

Stormont MLAs currently have annual salaries of £52,500, while counterparts in Scotland and Wales take home £72,197 and ...

SCOTLAND has been hailed for its free pensioner travel scheme as the UK Government was urged to expand an “unjust” policy.

The Department for Transport confirmed last year that the UK Government has "absolutely no plans to withdraw the ...

Assembly members (MLAs) are unlikely to receive "massive" pay rises as a result of the introduction of new plans to set pay levels for assembly members, the justice minister has said. Naomi Long added ...

The national entitlement scheme operates UK-wide but there are different eligibility rules under devolved governments.

Scotland may call itself a nation but it has no status as a sovereign nation-state in the eyes of anyone but fanatical nationalists.

Petition creator Karen Hickman argues the current scheme is “unjust” and calls for “equality for everyone over 60”. The campaigner explained people in England, living outside London, are not entitled ...

People are pushing for the ENCTS to mirror Scotland's policy, offering free bus travel to all individuals aged 60 and above.