Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish Leaders Seek Capital Investment

The First Ministers of the devolved U.K. administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland urged Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to finance extra capital investment aimed at boosting economic growth.

The three administrations should also get more freedom to raise revenue and borrow money to fund growth without having their grants from central government cut to compensate, Alex Salmond, of the Scottish National Party, Carwyn Jones, of the Labour Party in Wales, and Peter Robinson, of the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland, said in an e-mailed statement today.