New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Scotland could gain a say over how people out of work are helped back into jobs, if John Swinney accepts an offer Andy Burnham made on Friday in Motherwell, on the ground where the Ravenscraig steelworks once stood.

a model of localised employment support, similar to England's, shaped by Holyrood rather than Whitehall. The wider plan asks the Scottish Government to work with the UK Government through the Scotland Office and Number 10 North, his Manchester-based regional hub. Burnham spoke while Swinney's Scottish National Party was holding its annual conference in Aberdeen, where the First Minister is due to give his keynote speech on Saturday.

Anadolu Agency reported that Swinney said beforehand he wanted to work ...