Gordon Brown tells Scots: let us be a nation, united again

Gordon Brown to set out his ideas for Scotland's future Alex Salmond to step down as first minister Violence in Glasgow as loyalists attack yes supporters Delegates gather at Labour conference in wake of vote

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There has been some referendum fallout on the streets also. At least six people were arrested amid angry scenes in Glasgow last night as a group of young pro-union supporters clashed with pro-independence supporters who had been gathering in George Square throughout the day.

Police acted to separate a small group of pro-independence supporters from a group of skinheads believed to have marched from the loyalist pub the Louden Tavern in nearby Duke Street.

The Guardian's Libby Brooks was there and reports that individuals argued over the referendum result and a chorus of Rule Britannia was countered by Flower of Scotland.

Sam Tonks, an engineer from Uddingston, told her that he had driven into the city with his wife and daughter because he wanted to celebrate the referendum victory with other no supporters, but had been greeted by something much uglier.

It's on both sides.The city is divided by religion already and to be honest I think the union jacks and saltires are a bit of an excuse.

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Here are some of the political events and issues on the horizon today in terms of the ongoing fallout from the referendum:

* Former Labour leader Mr Brown, whose intervention in the campaign has been credited with helping to secure a no vote, will spell out the next steps he wants to see in Scotland and how to heal the wounds caused by a bruising referendum campaign.

* Labour activists are gearing up for the party's annual gathering today with the constitutional fallout from the Scottish referendum battle set to loom large.

* The Scottish National Party has a vacancy for a leader for the first time in a decade. Speaking minutes after Salmond's announcement, deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon said yesterday that she could think of 'no greater privilege' than to succeed Salmond as SNP leader and first minister, but that the decision 'is not for today'.

Good morning and welcome to live blog coverage of reaction and fallout to Scotland's referendum, in which a majority of voters rejected Scottish independence.

It's the morning after the morning after 55% of Scottish voters said no to independence, a higher margin than suggested by the final opinion polls of the campaign.

As political leaders now grappling with the referendum result, former prime minister Gordon Brown will today set out his ideas for the future of Scotland while political wrangling in Westminster continues over Downing Street's plans for sweeping constitutional reform across the United Kingdom.

Achieved only after last ditch concessions by the UK political parties, the final tally of votes saw the no campaign won 55.3%, compared to 44.7% for yes.

The result has also sparked the planned resignation of Alex Salmond, who has dominated Scottish politics for the past decade, and who has said he would quit in November.

Despite the defeat, that figure was a high water mark for the independence movement and the Scottish National party and a months-long constitutional battle now seems certain writes my colleague Severin Carrell.

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