Lib Dems back Scottish 'home rule'  Lord Wallace says party will
make the move a priority if Alex Salmond's independence
referendum fails   • The Guardian,   • Jump to comments () Lord
Wallace Lord Wallace argued that devolution and independence
were 'two completely separate things'. Photograph: Danny
Lawson/PA  The Liberal Democrats are planning to make "home
rule" for Scotland one of their key policies at the next general
election if Alex Salmond's quest for independence is defeated at
the referendum, party sources have revealed.  Lord Wallace, the
UK government minister, told the Guardian the party would argue
that Scotland should be given greater autonomy over taxation and
welfare policy while remaining in the UK. The party hoped to win
support for the move from Labour, he said, to build an anti-
nationalist coalition in favour of "home rule" within the union.
A former deputy first minister of Scotland, and now the UK
government's Scottish law officer, Wallace confirmed the Lib
Dems would continue to resi