Morning Call: All eyes on Scotland

Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse’s by-election is a microcosm of trends swirling around the UK’s political landscape.

Good morning, Rachel here.

Defence – and how to pay for it – remains the headline debate topic of the day after the launch of the Strategic Defence Review on Monday. If you want a perfect encapsulation of the challenge facing the government, a YouGov poll helpfully published yesterday found that almost half (49 per cent) of people think defence spending …