Gordon Brown vows \\\'powers will be delivered\\\'

LONDON, Sep 20 (BBC): Former British prime minister Gordon Brown has said the promises made ahead of the Scottish independence referendum on change and further devolution will be delivered.
The former prime minister said it was time to move from the "battleground to the common ground" after a majority in Scotland voted "No" to leaving the UK.
He added: "We will lock in today the promises that we have made".
Politicians in England and Scotland are considering how the UK will be governed in the future.
Following Thursday's result, which saw 55 per cent of of voters rejecting independence against 45 per cent in favour, there has already been significant disagreement over the timing and extent of further devolution.
Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to deliver on the pre-referendum promises made by the three main Westminster parties to boost the powers of Scotland's devolved parliament.
He has tasked Lord Smith of Kelvin, who led Glasgow's staging of the Commonwealth Games, with overseeing the process of taking their commitments forward, with new powers over tax, spending and welfare to be agreed by November, and draft legislation published by January.
Mr Cameron has also proposed a system where only MPs from England would vote on English issues in Parliament.
AFP report adds: Scottish leader Alex Salmond said Friday he would resign after losing an independence referendum that left the United Kingdom intact, while Queen Elizabeth II called for "mutual respect" among Scots following a divisive campaign.
Despite a surge in Scottish nationalist support in the final fortnight of the campaign, the anti-independence "No" camp secured a clear margin of 55.30 per cent of the vote against 44.70 per cent for the separatist "Yes" side.
After a campaign that inspired other break-away movements, especially in Spain's Catalonia, and opened a Pandora's box of demands for more autonomy across the United Kingdom, turnout was 84.6 per cent-the highest ever for an election in Britain.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "delighted" and added: "Now the debate has been settled for a generation."
US President Barack Obama said he hoped to continue his country's "strong and special relationship with all the people of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
Salmond conceded defeat and said he would be stepping down from his post and from the leadership of his Scottish National Party (SNP) in November.
"For me as leader, my time is nearly over. But for Scotland the campaign continues and the dream shall never die," he said at a press conference in Edinburgh.
David Torrance, Salmond's biographer, told AFP: "I can only assume he's tired and...that there's not really much he can do beyond this", adding that the Scottish leader will go down as "easily one of the most significant figures of the last 20 years" in British politics.
Many "Yes" activists had watched the result in tears, although Salmond urged them to take heart from the huge number -- 1.6 million-who backed independence.
The queen appealed for Scots on both sides to set aside their differences, saying: "Despite the range of views that have been expressed, we have in common an enduring love of Scotland.