Skip to main content
'Devo-max' proposals not enough, argues Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon laid into her rivals in a pre-emptive strike against Scottish Labour's devolution commission

Rumoured Scottish Labour plans to promise "devo-max" in lieu of independence are "at
best inadequate," Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon claimed yesterday.

She laid into her rivals in a pre-emptive strike against Scottish Labour's devolution commission, which is expected to make headlines with several de facto campaign pledges at the party's annual conference in Perth this month.

Scots go to the polls in September to decide if Scotland should leave Britain, with the subject hotly debated on the Scottish left.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
SOCIAL JUSTICE CALL: Brian Leishman
Scotland / 2 September 2026
2 September 2026
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney at Bute House, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, August 28, 2026
Scotland / 1 September 2026
1 September 2026
Coins in a Saltire purse
Features / 7 May 2026
7 May 2026

Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS