SNP ministers should devolve more powers from Holyrood to councils, Michael Gove has suggested.

He made the comments as he outlined plans to give cash directly to Scotland’s local authorities as part of moves to replace European Union funding in the wake of Brexit.

The Levelling Up Secretary set out his intention for money from the UK’s new Shared Prosperity Fund to be “directly allocated” to councils.

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