SUPREME COURT: Scottish Labour welcomed the end of a row over devolved powers yesterday, saying that both the SNP and Tories have “let this fiasco undermine meaningful and progressive legislation.”

The Supreme Court ruled that a Scottish government Bill on children’s rights, which would have enshrined the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child into Scots law, was outside Holyrood’s powers, and referred it back to MSPs for further scrutiny.

Scottish Labour MSP Sarah Boyack said the debate between the government and Tories over the legislation had constituted “petty constitutional bickering” when it should have been about “putting children’s rights front and centre.”