Plans for the Scottish government to hold a referendum on independence from the UK has garnered favour from some observers, with hope that a decisive vote will finally clear this decades-old question.

A contracting economy and rising unemployment do not make for happy reading. But the implications of these national trends are very different for different cities.

UK manufacturing did not have a good end to 2011. The relative decline of manufacturing has largely been down to a shift in the UK’s economic emphasis. How do we change it?

The release of GOV.UK Beta, the test version of the UK government's web presence, is a big step towards rationalising the complex network of departmental and agency websites.