British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday he would consider handing over more power to Scotland, but stopped short of agreeing to demands from Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to grant the territory full fiscal autonomy.
Cameron and Sturgeon met in Edinburgh for their first talks since Britain’s national election last week, in which Sturgeon’s pro-independence Scottish National Party gained unprecedented national influence.
Sturgeon called the talks "constructive," and said the two agreed that previously drawn up plans to transfer greater governing powers from london to Scotland should be implemented as soon as possible. But she said she and Cameron disagreed on whether Scotland should control all of its tax and spending policies.