Important Scotland Office Announcement

SCOTLAND OFFICE

ANNOUNCEMENT

Thanks for my sharp-eyed reader Stuart Dickson who found this nugget tucked away on Teletext.

I wonder why none of the Scottish media has picked it up:

'Devolution 'strengthened'

The UK Government will set out its plans to strengthen Scottish devolution this autumn, it has been announced.

Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy said the Government proposals will "draw on" recommendations made earlier this year in the report by the Calman commission on devolution.

This recommended a sheaf of "reforms", including giving Scotland greater powers over income tax.'

As Stuart says 'This will be fun'.

UPDATE: Stuart has provided me with this link to the Scotland Office. It is reported there have been lots of talks with Westminster officials and not one but two groups have been set up to work on the implementation of the Calman report recommendations.

A cross-party steering group of MSPs and MPs has also been put in place. It is chaired by Jim Murphy.

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