The week outside Westminster
A round-up of the week’s politics from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Scotland
Ed Miliband: Scottish Labour should be free to formulate its own policies
Labour leadership hopeful Ed Miliband has called for Scottish Labour to be allowed to formulate its own policies free from interference from London and attacked David Cameron’s ‘respect’ agenda with the devolved bodies in a visit to Edinburgh yesterday.
The week outside Westminster
Ed Jacobs rounds up the news from around the devolved nations…
Fears for Scotland’s military bases
According to reports in this weekend’s edition of Scotland on Sunday, sources within the Ministry of Defence have confirmed that major RAF and army bases across Scotland face possible closure as part of budget cuts.
The week outside Westminster
A round-up of the week’s political news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Unemployment – a mixed picture around the nations
Yesterday’s headline figures on unemployment masked the mixed news on jobs that came out from across the devolved nations.
Chair of Scottish Tory committee: Anti-gay, anti-devolution, pro tax havens
Many within the Conservatives have dubbed those leading the review as being akin to a “dads army” and too close to the Scottish leadership for it to be effective.
The week outside Westminster
The latest news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Smaller parties to have no say on Lords reform committee
None of the minority parties from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would be represented on a new cross-party committee on reforming the House of Lords.
Lord De Mauley: It’d be “quite wrong” to rush into replacing Barnett Formula
It would be “quite wrong” to rush into replacing the controversial Barnett Formula given the size of the deficit, Government whip Lord de Mauley, has said.