Scotland’s First Minister yesterday accused the Westminster parties of reneging on their referendum promise to provide new powers to Scotland as Labour and Tory leaders fought over their plans for constitutional change.

Alex Salmond, who announced his resignation after the No vote on Thursday, also claimed that Scottish independence “is now inevitable.”

Mr Salmond said: “When you have a situation where the majority of a country up to the age of 55 is already voting for independence then I think the writing’s on the wall for Westminster.