Gordon Brown urges third option for Scotland to avoid 'bitter division'

The former prime minister said a new form of federal home rule is needed to offer an alternative to the division between Holyrood and Westminster.

Gordon Brown has called for Holyrood to be handed a raft of new powers after Brexit as part of a "third option" which he believes could unite the country.

The former UK prime minister said a new form of federal home rule is needed to offer an alternative to the division between Holyrood and Westminster.