David Cameron is risking a fresh constitutional clash with Labour and the Liberal Democrats after he announced that the Tories want to bar Scottish MPs from voting on some tax decisions at Westminster that relate only to England.
Amid signs of an English backlash at Westminster, after a historic all-party deal in Scotland to give Holyrood direct control over £14bn worth of tax and welfare policy, Downing Street said that the principle of “English votes for English laws” would apply to some tax matters.
