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.
Independence campaign will be ‘annihilated’ says Clegg
Nick Clegg yesterday upped the rhetoric in the debate over Scottish independence by declaring that the case for Scotland going it alone will be 'annihilated'.
New poll shows boost for independent Scotland
Alex Salmond has received a boost to his dream of an independent Scotland as the latest polling shows a four per cent increase in support for independence since October.
Wales could lose out on £400 million due to EU budget cut, warns first minister
Wales is set to lose out financially because of the cut in the EU budget agreed by David Cameron and other European leaders.
Opinion divided over Ratzinger’s legacy
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI divides opinion in the media.
GCSEs u-turn: Wales welcomes “foolish and unhelpful” Gove as the “repentant sinner”
Welsh education minister Leighton Andrews has welcomed Michael Gove’s humiliating u-turn on GCSEs, declaring the education secretary a “repentant sinner”.
Nightmare for SNP as NUS slams budget
The Scottish government's budget risks damaging students and colleges, the NUS has argued.