Ed Jacobs
Ed writes on devolved and local government. He works as a political consultant at the only Northern based consultancy, The Public Affairs Company. Ed has previously helped establish and run a student news website therundown.co.uk.
A double bombshell for Scottish Labour
There is widespread support for another referendum; now Labour must persuade the electorate that May is not a proxy vote for independence
Budget 2015: reaction across the nations
Across the nations the chancellor’s Budget statement has met with a less than enthusiastic response. Scotland Whilst welcoming what […]
Labour must not be trapped by Conservative thinking on Scotland
Worrying poll results should spur Labour on to make contingency plans for the event of a hung parliament
Senior Tory raises prospect of a deal with Welsh nationalists
After weeks of accusations that Ed Miliband is in Alex Salmond’s pocket, a senior Conservative is promoting a deal with a party that is actively seeking the break-up of the UK
New figures show Scotland’s finances are worse than the UK’s
The findings will reignite the debate about the sustainability of a fiscally independent Scotland
Even Murphy knows the latest poll is bad news for Scottish Labour
Ashcroft's poll shows that a Labour-SNP coalition is by far the most popular outcome from the election