DEVOLUTION

Holyrood to 'reinvigoriate local government'

Scotland’s deputy first minister is expected to announce new plans to devolve power to a local level later today.

By Jamie Hailstone | 14 October 2016

Scotland's deputy first minister is expected to announce new plans to devolve power to a local level later today.

Speaking at the SNP annual conference, John Swinney is expected to say his party will ‘go further' than before with proposals to empower local areas.

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