BORIS TELLS SCOTLAND THERES NO NEED FOR NEW POWERS Scotland’s prospects of being offered more powers in the event of a No vote looked even slimmer with an admission from Boris Johnson that ‘there’s no need’. In today’s Mail on Sunday, the Mayor of London - the politician widely tipped as a future leader of the Tories and therefore a UK prime minister - raised issue with the ‘things’ Westminster is ‘giving to Scotland’ and instead proposed tax-raising powers for cities in England. Mr Johnson said: ‘Ever more things we are giving Scotland... but for no reason we are promising the Scots more tax-raising powers. There’s no need to do it. ‘What has England ever got out of this devolution process? If you want to have growth in the English cities then you should do what Manchester wants, what Liverpool, Leeds, all of us want — and that’s give us more tax-raising powers.’ Blair Jenkins, Yes Scotland’s Chief Executive said: ‘With Boris Johnson being tipped for the Tory leadership, we’ve been given a sobering insight into the reality of what additional powers will be offered in the event of a No vote. ‘It’s little wonder that Alistair Darling struggles to spell out what significant economic levers will be given under Westminster because we now know that there’s a growing group at Westminster waiting to turn the screw on Scotland on September 19 if they’re given the chance. ‘It’s becoming clearer by the day that only a Yes vote offers a significant package of powers that we can use to grow the economy and create jobs. Westminster will never have Scotland’s best interests at heart and only independence allows Scotland’s future to be in Scotland’s hands.’
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 22:53:08 +0000
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