Given that, SNP ministers say, rUK ministers and the financial system would rationally prefer a stable sterling zone rather than Scotland deploying sterling free from constraint on their northern boundary.

BBC: Scottish independence: Political battle over currency

When my family and I toed our way through the Boundary Waters of the northern reaches of Minnesota, my brother and I found a stand of pitcher plants growing out of a moldering mat of reeds and moss, and because of this book, I had the theory of ecological succession right in the front of my brain.

FORBES: Books And Mantids

Ken Clarke, Chris Huhne and Tessa Jowell are among those affected by Boundary Commission plans for England and Northern Ireland.

BBC: Top MPs at risk in shake-up of English constituencies

Boundary authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have published separate proposals.

BBC: MPs in the House of Commons

The boundary changes, approved in principle by Parliament last year, would see England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland lose 31, seven, 10 and two seats respectively.

BBC: Peers vote to block MP constituency boundary changes

The boundary changes, approved in principle by Parliament last year, would see England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland lose 31, 7, 10 and 2 seats respectively.

BBC: Lords clashes over delaying of boundary changes vote