SNP defence plans slammed
With Scotland now less than a year away from a defining moment in its history, the policy implications of independence are finally becoming clear.
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.
Miliband to make passionate plea for Scotland to remain in the Union
Ed Miliband will make an impassioned plea to retain Scotland’s place at the top table of the UK union.
ConDem policies leave local authorities ‘decimated’
As the Labour faithful meets in Brighton this week, one of the party’s council leaders has warned that local authority-run services face being ‘decimated’ the way Thatcher destroyed many nationalised industries in the 1980s.
Scottish Labour needs to make itself relevant this weekend
When Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont address’s the Labour faithful in Brighton this weekend, she will be faced with two key challenges.
Independent Scotland faces bigger budget squeeze than rest of UK
An independent Scotland would face bigger pressures than the UK to either cut spending or increase taxes as a result of falling north sea oil revenue, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
Welsh Lib Dem leader: Free school lunches ‘Happy Meal politics’
The Lib Dem leader in Cardiff has previously free school meals as “Happy Meal politics”.
The clock is ticking – Better Together needs a positive plan
A swing of 5 per cent could decide whether the United Kingdom ‘is dismantled or saved’, according to leading polling expert John Curtice.
Families vow to fight on for Omagh justice
Families of the victims of the 1998 Omagh Bombing have vowed to continue their fight after the UK government decided not to proceed with a further inquiry into events surrounding the atrocity.
Budget hits the pause button on Scotland
Scotland’s finance secretary John Swinney yesterday published the Scottish government’s budget for 2014/15 and 2015/16.
Welsh government bans blacklisting firms from public sector contracts
Wales is set to become the first part of the UK to attempt to bring to an end the practice of blacklisting.