Holyrood is to become one of the "most powerful devolved parliaments in the world" David Cameron will claim today as the basis of a new law that will give more powers to Scotland is published. The Prime Minister is to travel north as the draft clauses that will underpin this legislation are revealed. It comes less than two months after the Smith Commission, which was set up by the UK Government in the wake of the independence referendum, published its proposals for enhanced devolution. It recommended MSPs should get new responsibilities over income tax and welfare, although the SNP insists that the proposals do not go far enough. Mr Cameron will say that these new powers are "guaranteed",...
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