Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday announced plans for a second referendum on Scottish independence before 2021, less than five years after Scots rejected the last push to ...

The unity of the United Kingdom is coming under threat again with Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon's Monday announcement that she will seek a new referendum on independence in the next two years.

It's been a busy few years for the U.K., as the country went to the polls three times—for the Scottish independence referendum in September 2014, the general election in 2015, and the vote on ...

Scotland will publish a new independence referendum bill, part of its efforts to push for Scotland’s interests to be taken into account as Britain negotiates its withdrawal from the European Union.

It was only in 2014 that Scotland voted to remain in the United Kingdom by a 55-45 percent vote. The referendum was described by the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) as “once-in-a-lifetime” event.

With Scotland’s referendum on independence 10 days away, polls suggest an increase in those favoring independence from the United Kingdom,.

Reporting from Edinburgh, Scotland — Results were trickling in early Friday in Scotland’s independence referendum, a poll that will decide the future of the 300-year-old union with Britain.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s call for a new independence referendum, condemned by British Prime Minister Theresa May for threatening “huge uncertainty,” could pose an even ...

Sturgeon said the timing of Scotland’s second referendum was crucial. She wants the vote to be held between the fall of 2018 and the spring of 2019, which should be roughly when the United ...

Supporters of the Yes campaign in the Scottish independence referendum in George Square, Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 18, 2014. (AP/Matt Dunham) ...