Salmond’s screeching u-turn over independence consultation
The SNP has performed a u-turn over its consultation on an independence referendum after a row erupted over claims it was fundamentally flawed.
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.
New UUP leader rules out electoral pact with DUP
Ed Jacobs reports on Mike Nesbitt’s election at the weekend as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).
Salmond dragged deeper into dinners for donors row
Ed Jacobs reports on the latest news from Scotland, with the cash for access, dinners for donors row ensnaring first minister Alex Salmond and the SNP.
The Week Outside Westminster – Salmond supper, “village idiots” and regional pay rage
Ed Jacobs rounds up the week’s news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus the week’s local council by-election results.
Welsh government wants independence (for its legal system)
Ed Jacobs reports on the Welsh government’s plans for an independent legal system.
Reform of funding has the potential to breathe new life into political parties
Left Foot Forward’s Ed Jacobs makes the case for widespread reform of political party funding, which has the potential to breathe new life into all parties.
The Tories in Scotland – right message, wrong messengers
Ed Jacobs reports on this weekend’s Scottish Conservative Party Conference.
The Week Outside Westminster – The “dead man’s hand” of slasher Osborne
Ed Jacobs rounds up the week’s news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus the week’s local council by-election results.
Budget 2012: “Clegg’s face said it all: Distant, pale and sullen” – Sco/Wal/NI reaction
Left Foot Forward’s devolution correspondent Ed Jacobs rounds up the Budget 2012 reaction from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Budget 2012: Can Ed and Ed restore Labour’s credibility?
For Labour, today, budget day, marks a challenge – namely to speed up the journey towards regaining credibility on the economy, writes Ed Jacobs.