Scotland
Salmond ‘self-serving and selfish’ argues Miliband
Ed Miliband will today launch a highly personal attack on Alex Salmond by accusing the Scottish First Minister of practicing the kind of divisive politics pursued by Margaret Thatcher.
Scottish Labour to consider devolution of income tax
Scottish Labour’s annual conference will this weekend consider calls for Holyrood to gain powers over all income tax in Scotland.
In death as in life Thatcher divides Scotland
A bitter war of words has broken out north of the border as Holyrood looks set to criticise Margaret Thatcher’s legacy in Scotland on the day of her funeral.
SNP currency plans ‘fanciful’
A House of Lords Committee has declared as "fanciful” any notion, as advocated by the SNP, that an independent Scotland could retain sterling whilst exerting influence over the Bank of England.
Devolution is better bet that independence, argues Carwyn Jones
This weekend two first ministers went head to head with their competing views on the future of the Union.
Poll blow as Scots reject SNP currency proposals
Just days after Alex Salmond formally announced the date of the referendum on Scottish independence, the Scottish nationalist’s campaign has been dealt a blow with new polling showing a majority of Scots against their currency policy.