The development comes as the UK Government is under increasing pressure at Westminster to change the referendum date from May 5, 2011 -- with 44 Tory backbenchers signing a parliamentary motion urging David Cameron and Nick Clegg to have a rethink.
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Holyrood threat to scupper coalition poll plan
The Scottish Government is threatening to derail a coalition plan to hold the Alternative Vote referendum on the same day as elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland.
