\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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\tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Scottish Parliament}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Roles and Responsibility}} & {\bf{Composition}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Implementing laws and policy on matters that affect Scotland (health, education, environment, agriculture, housing) & Self-contained meaning it doesn't need authorisation from UK Parliament \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Allocation of the Scottish budget & Currently made up of around 129 members \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} To pass laws (doesn't need authorisation from UK Parliament due to independence) & The party with the most votes forms the government. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} 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