Seamus Logan: “This isn't the 'change' that Andy Burnham promised. The cost of living is getting even worse under his Labour…”

Douglas Alexander is losing staff at an even quicker rate than he lost voters in Scotland.

Andy Burnham has only been in office for a month and he is already breaking his promises and failing to live up to his own hype.

He must now set out clearly that he intends to strip Mandelson of his titles, and do so when the UK Parliament returns at the end of this month.

Through a fresh start with independence, every single civil servant paid for by Scottish tax payers will be dedicated to the prosperity and people of Scotland.