In 1999, the British Parliament granted Scotland a certain degree of greater autonomy through the process of devolution. A year earlier in 1998, the Parliament passed the Scotland Act 1998, which created both the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive. The BBC decided to create this website to serve as a repository of original reporting and commentary on the past ten years, and visitors to the...

Scotland's referendum: If at first you don't succeed http://www.economist.com/node/21542806 The independence debate in Scotland: Interviewing Alex Salmond, the man who wants to break up Britain http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2012/01/independence-debate-scotland-0 The only way to save the Union is to stop throwing cash at the Scots - and treat them as...