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| Labour conference faces 'fair' devolution call for Wales | Labour conference faces 'fair' devolution call for Wales |
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| Labour politicians from Wales will urge party leaders to back a fair deal over funding and powers in any discussions on further devolution within the UK. | Labour politicians from Wales will urge party leaders to back a fair deal over funding and powers in any discussions on further devolution within the UK. |
| Scotland's vote to reject independence will dominate the Labour conference beginning in Manchester on Sunday. | Scotland's vote to reject independence will dominate the Labour conference beginning in Manchester on Sunday. |
| Party leader Ed Miliband has proposed a constitutional convention to discuss the future pattern of powers in the UK. | Party leader Ed Miliband has proposed a constitutional convention to discuss the future pattern of powers in the UK. |
| First Minister Carwyn Jones has called for a "fair share" of Treasury funding and more power in matters like energy. | First Minister Carwyn Jones has called for a "fair share" of Treasury funding and more power in matters like energy. |
| Mr Miliband told the Andrew Marr Show the Barnett formula is "oriented towards need" but critics have said it based on population rather than need and leaves Wales £300m worse off. | |
| Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith told the Sunday Politics Wales programme a UK Labour government would look to close the gap by adopting a "Barnett plus" formula. | |
| Mr Smith said he wanted to see the Welsh government responsible for 15% of income tax if the people of Wales voted in a referendum to devolve tax-varying powers. | |
| 'Immensely complicated' | |
| The major UK parties have promised to examine the prospect of further devolution for all the UK nations in the wake of the Scottish referendum. | The major UK parties have promised to examine the prospect of further devolution for all the UK nations in the wake of the Scottish referendum. |
| Mr Jones has previously called for wide-ranging talks on devolution within the UK, including more powers for regions of England. | Mr Jones has previously called for wide-ranging talks on devolution within the UK, including more powers for regions of England. |
| He told BBC Radio Wales on Saturday it was a "better fit" than a policy of "English votes for English laws" in the UK Parliament, as proposed by Prime Minister David Cameron. | He told BBC Radio Wales on Saturday it was a "better fit" than a policy of "English votes for English laws" in the UK Parliament, as proposed by Prime Minister David Cameron. |
| The first minister said it would be "immensely complicated" to determine which laws only applied to England. | The first minister said it would be "immensely complicated" to determine which laws only applied to England. |
| "It's either a parliament where all the MPs are equal or it's not," he added. | "It's either a parliament where all the MPs are equal or it's not," he added. |
| Former Labour first minister Rhodri Morgan has said Wales should be "rewarded, not penalised" for not putting the UK "through the mincer" of a vote on independence. | Former Labour first minister Rhodri Morgan has said Wales should be "rewarded, not penalised" for not putting the UK "through the mincer" of a vote on independence. |