Gordon Brown: Scotland must move on from constitution However, Labour insiders said the SNP had originally opposed a recommendation that the Scottish Parliament get the power to create new benefits as it would create "unrealistic expectations." Mr Brown, will say: "It is time to move beyond two years of constant talk of constitutional change to a new focus in the next two years on the social and economic change that Scottish people have said they want. I am pressing the reset button because it is time to move beyond the old issue of bigger powers for the Scottish Parliament, as we now have more powers than at any time, to the issue that really concerns Scotland - better lives for the Scottish people. The Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath MP will tell the annual meeting of Scottish Labour councillors in Glasgow this morning that the party's general election manifesto will differ from the SNP's because "we will concentrate not on what the Scottish Parliament cannot do but focus on what we can do." But Mr Swinney said: "Given the Smith Commission proposals fall far short of the "modern form of Scottish Home Rule" promised by Gordon Brown, it's no surprise he now wants people to stop talking about further powers for the Scottish Parliament."