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Government: The most successful party in an election gets to form the Government, which takes charge of important areas of policy, and puts forward new bills.
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Holyrood: This is where the Scottish Parliament is permanently based. It is at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. “Holyrood” is often used to mean the same as the Scottish Parliament.
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Laws: These are rules deciding what can and can’t be done in a country. The Scottish Parliament can pass laws on devolved matters.
Legislation: the process of making new laws.
Local government: the people who are elected to look after peoples’ interests at local level. We usually call this the local Council. Councillors are elected to represent a ward in the council area. They are elected using the single transferrable vote system.