RICHARD LEONARD called for a “federal Britain” today, calling for more powers for both the Scottish Parliament and local government in England.

The Scottish Labour leader reiterated his party’s pledge to support the return of EU powers directly to the Scottish Parliament in a constitutional row that has seen a deadlock between the SNP government in Holyrood and the Tories in Westminster.

“Let me make it clear from this conference today that a federal Britain, with greater powers for the Scottish Parliament, is the radical solution that I want to see,” he told delegates in his address to the Labour conference in Liverpool.