Prominent Scots Lib Dem quits over party’s “betrayal”
Hugh O’Donnell, the Lib Dem MSP for the Central Scotland region has announced that he is to quit the party and contest the seat in May’s elections as an independent.
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.
Has the government breached its child poverty obligations?
Ed Jacobs reports on the Tory-led government’s weakness and possible failure on the crucial issue of tackling child poverty.
Budget 2011: Reaction across the nations
Left Foot Forward’s Devolution Correspondent Ed Jacobs assesses reaction to the budget in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Budget 2011: The view from the devolved nations
Ed Jacobs reviews the economic situation in the devolved nations and how the budget could feed into it.
Miliband fires starting gun on Scottish elections campaign
With just weeks to go until voters in Scotland get the chance to elect their government and parliament for the next five years, Scottish Labour held their spring conference in Glasgow at the weekend, reports Ed Jacobs.
Northern Ireland: Are the sectarian divides beginning to crumble?
Northern Ireland is a country that has made progress, with the prospect in May of an election campaign dominated not by the old politics of security, terrorist activity and sectarianism, reports Ed Jacobs.
Lib Dems face Scottish poll meltdown
For Nick Clegg, it seems motions passed at party conferences condemning the government’s health reforms could soon become the least of his worries, with the Liberals facing meltdown in Scotland and Wales.
Ritchie: “Budget fails the people of Northern Ireland”
In a process marked by sharp exchanges between ministers, divisions which have been evident at Stormont over its four-year budget were laid bare for all too see, reports Ed Jacobs.
Will Stormont hold together on budget proposals?
All eyes will be on Stormont this Wednesday, as MLAs prepare to vote on a revised four-year budget from finance minister Sammy Wilson, writes Ed Jacobs.
Referendum: Wales votes Yes, but now it’s time to deliver
The people have spoken, the votes have been counted and now its official: the people of Wales have voted yes; the Welsh have given birth to the UK’s newest, real legislator, able to make laws without the need to get permission from Westminster, reports Ed Jacobs.