Scottish Tory leader: Lib Dems have “ceased to function as a viable party in Scotland”
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has savaged her coalition partners, saying the Liberal Democrats have “ceased to function as a viable party in Scotland”.
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.
Welsh education minister: ‘Callous, ignorant’ IDS should be sacked
Welsh education minister Leighton Andrews has called on UK work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith to be sacked over his “callous” comments on Remploy.
MPs accuse SNP of “biased” independence question
As the Scottish government’s consultation on an independence referendum enters its final week, MPs have condemned the SNP’s proposed question as being “biased”.
Vote 2012: A Lab-SNP draw in Scotland, and a “frontlash” towards Labour in Wales
Ed Jacobs looks at the press reaction to Thursday’s local elections in Scotland and Wales.
Top civil servant accused of being “SNP lacky”
The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats has branded the country’s most senior civil servant an “SNP lacky”, reports Ed Jacobs.
The Murdoch stench lingers around Salmond
The bad smell lingering around Scottish first minister Alex Salmond’s relationship with Rupert Murdoch gets worse and worse, reports Ed Jacobs.
Poll: Welsh Labour “on course to make sweeping gains”
A new poll has revealed Welsh Labour is “on course to make sweeping gains” in Thursday’s local elections.
McConnell sues News International as Labour call for inquiry into Salmond’s adviser
Jack McConnell is to sue News International following revelations he and his two children could have had their phones hacked, reports Ed Jacobs.
Leveson: Salmond and the Lib Dems implicated in Murdoch emails
SNP leader Alex Salmond and the Liberal Democrats have been implemented in the Frederic Michel/James Murdoch Leveson Inquiry emails.
Regional pay is “Tory code” for slashing pay of the poorest NHS workers
Welsh health minister Lesley Griffiths described regional pay as “Tory code for cutting the pay of NHS workers in Wales”, reports Ed Jacobs.