A Glasgow MSP has this afternoon welcomed the announcement from the Scottish Government of its intention to establish a National Commission to ensure clear and consistent advice is provided to bereaved families on the arrangements for the ashes of their loved ones.

The Commission is being set up after it emerged that different approaches were being used for the disposal of infant ashes across the country.

Speaking after addressing today’s march and rally against Trident in Glasgow, where thousands of people turned out to protest against plans to spend £100bn on renewing the UK’s weapons of mass destruction programme, Glasgow Kelvin SNP MSP Sandra White said: “The groundswell of opposition against Trident among the people of Scotland demonstrate the overwhelming moral and economic case for ridding Scotland of nuclear weapons.

“But it’s not only the thousands of people gathered here today who are opposed – we know from recent opinion polls that a massive eighty per cent of Scots are against Trident renewal. It’s time for Westminster to take notice.

Welcoming the announcement today  that KPMG is to create 150 new jobs in Glasgow at a new ‘tax centre of excellence’ in Glasgow’s International Services Financial District, Glasgow Kelvin MSP Sandra White described it as a huge vote of confidence in the city’s financial services district.

The new centre of excellence will handle highly-skilled tax compliance work for individuals and companies across the UK.

The revelation that Scotland’s police could be left facing a bill of £1.25 million to provide security for the LibDem conference taking place in Glasgow in September has sparked strong calls for the Westminster Government not to duck its share of the costs.

Because of the high security requirements that are demanded for the annual UK-wide conferences of Labour, the Tories and the LibDems, the Westminster Government usually meets 85% of the policing costs for the event that fall on local police forces. However, no agreement he yet been forthcoming for this practice to continue as normal when the LibDem conference visits Glasgow.