The National Health Service is seeking help from private health companies in the UK to deliver treatments such as cancer surgery, as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 keeps surging amid healthcare staff shortage.

The goverment's lead strategist on thwarting Scottish independence, Michael Gove, has ruled out a new Scottish independence referendum before the 2024 UK general election.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has had a tense telephone call with Boris Johnson during which the two leaders repeatedly clashed over the issue of a second Scottish independence referendum.

Scotland's First Minister has indirectly clashed with Cabinet Office Minister and Tory ideologue Michael Gove on the issue of a second Scottish independence referendum.

Boris Johnson has kickstarted the Tories Holyrood election campaign on an angry and aggressive note.

The Cabinet Office has announced plans to create a secondary headquarters in Scotland as government efforts to counter the Scottish independence movement intensify.

Downing Street's strategy of containing the Scottish independence movement is in tatters after Boris Johnson's "Union adviser" quits his role barely two weeks into the job.