By Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent
Labour will not take part in cross-party talks on English votes for English laws because it considers the plan to be a "political stitch up".
A senior source in Ed Miliband's party has told Sky News that he believes the plans, led by Conservative minister William Hague, are designed to put the "Conservative interests" ahead of the national interest.
He said that Labour would put forward an alternative plan for giving UK regions greater powers over how they are run in a "constitutional convention".
The comments came as the parties clashed in the House of Commons over the politically divisive issue in the wake of the Scottish referendum.
Following the No vote on independence, David Cameron promised he would come good on a "vow" made with Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband to Scottish voters that the country's Parliament would be given greater powers.
However, after pressure from Conservative MPs, the Prime Minister also said he would look at the West Lothian Question, which gives Scottish MPs the right to vote on English matters but denies English MPs the right to vote on matters controlled by Holyrood.
Mr Cameron appointed Mr Hague to look at the issue and consider handing further powers to the rest of the UK.
In a parliamentary debate, Mr Hague pleased Conservative colleagues by saying that the time had come to address the issue of English votes for English laws.
However, he argued that there was no appetite for the issue of giving more power to the regions favoured by Labour.
Labour has a large number of MPs in Scotland and could face a situation in which it has a UK-wide majority but is not ahead in England because those Scottish MPs are unable to vote on English matters, hampering the party's ability to govern.
Tory MPs know that the reform could put them in a stronger situation so have been pushing hard for it.
The Labour source told Sky News: "David Cameron had a political problem at 7am on the morning after the referendum."
He argued that Mr Hague's pledge to set up a committee to consider English votes for English laws was his "way of getting out of it".
"We don't think that an ill thought through political stitch-up is the way to proceed [when it comes to] the constitutional future of the country."
Mr Hague said the English constitutional matter had to be dealt with, although he insisted that the Scottish "vow" would be fulfilled regardless.
The SNP has criticised the Government since the referendum, claiming they are trying to back down on their pledge.
They seized on the language included in a command paper published on Scottish devolution on Monday.
The SNP MP Pete Wishart said: "Scotland was told in the 'vow' that extensive new powers will be delivered for our Parliament, but this core promise is nowhere to be seen in [Monday's] paper."
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