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Though Mrs Kumaratunga proposed a new constitution with devolved power for the Tamils earlier this year, he has rejected anything less than an independent state in the north and the east of the country.

His poll found this: Of those wanting more devolved power for Scotland (either full independence or more powers) of those voting in 2011 42% of Conservatives wanted more power, 53% Labour, 60% Lib-Dem and 88% SNP voters wanted more power.

The leaders of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties will keep their promises on greater devolved power for Scotland if the No vote wins, the Scottish Conservative leader has said.

Among his demands is devolved power for local authorities only the prime minister can currently give an evacuation order and the installation of nuclear bunkers in local houses.

However, in a very different climate, where we devolved power for police and security, there would therefore have to be maximum transparency in any future agreements reached," he said.

Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield, as well as Manchester – had been bidding for devolved powers for years, with scant success.

The government has promised new devolved powers for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland but has failed to deliver for England.

A militant pensioner disrupted proceedings on the burning issue of the moment: devolved powers for English regions to match those granted to the Celtic and London fringes.

Thus, too, in another naked pitch for ex-Labour votes, sundry offers of gravy for the north of England, including more devolved powers for metropolitan Manchester.Having stolen several Labour garments, Mr Osborne then ripped off most of what remained.

The leader of the Scottish National Party, which formed a majority government in the Scottish Parliament in 2011, has suggested allowing a second question on to the ballot paper specifically on the broadening of devolved powers for Scotland.

It enjoyed a brief centre stage moment towards the end of the referendum campaign by publishing the pledge by David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband ("The Vow"), in which they guaranteed more devolved powers for Scotland if people voted No.