Sir Keir Starmer promised more powers to Scotland under a Labour government as he announced the key figures in his Shadow Cabinet.Writing exclusively for the Daily Record, the new Labour leader said that even in opposition the party would set up a constitutional convention to work out a federal system of government for the whole UK.He said: “I want to see Scotland use the powers it has got.
I also want it to have more powers itself.”During the leadership campaign, Starmer had said he didn’t want the UK Labour Party to “impose” a second referendum on Scottish Labour, but also ruled out support for independence.Yesterday, he made that position clear, saying: “Labour’s pioneering leader, Keir Hardie, was not a supporter of nationalism but of