Gordon Brown to promise Scots higher pensions and benefits

‘Gordon Brown is to put himself at the head of a desperate bid to save Labour from general election defeat with an audacious plan to allow Scotland to pay higher pensions and welfare benefits than the rest of Britain.

The former Prime Minister will also use a high-profile press conference, organised by the party, to promise that a Labour victory will mean Scotland getting the power to create entirely new benefits that are unavailable south of the Border.

His move, which is certain to anger and create further divisions amongst people in the rest of the UK, comes ahead of a new survey which is expected this week to show that the SNP is still on track to win a huge number of seats in Scotland.’

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