Labour in U-turn over new powers for Scottish Parliament

SCOTTISH Labour must make the case for more devolution of powers to Holyrood ahead of the independence referendum, Douglas Alexander will say in a speech today, in a major policy shift for the party.

The shadow foreign secretary will tell Labour members in Glasgow that defending the Union against independence “does not and need not require simply a defence of the status quo”.

Instead, he says the pre-referendum period must herald “a new affirmation of Scottish Labour’s agenda for our nation”.   Read Here