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SNP 'back in business' ahead of Holyrood elections, John Swinney declares

THE SNP are “back in business” and “very optimistic” ahead of next year’s Holyrood elections, First Minister John Swinney has declared.

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Reform UK selects Runcorn candidate to challenge Labour at by-election

Sarah Pochin, a former Conservative councillor and mayor for Cheshire East, will be the party’s candidate for the upcoming by-election.

Evening Standard

Chancellor does not ‘recognise’ reports of cutting universal free school meals

Rachel Reeves is expected to announce spending cuts for some Government departments.

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John Swinney defends free university tuition as poll says opinions divided

John Swinney has insisted it is “important” to keep university education free for Scottish students – despite a poll suggesting almost half of…

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Businesses back SNP for growth as Labour suffer drop in support, poll says

LABOUR have suffered a steep decline in support from businesses as firms now see the SNP as the best for growth and investment, according to a…

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Spring statement will not ‘alter the basics’, PM insists when questioned on cuts

The Prime Minister said his Government was ‘looking across the board’ at spending, when asked if cuts were coming for unprotected departments.

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Scottish voters split over free tuition as university financial crisis deepens

Poll finds up to 48% of voters believe Scottish students who can afford it should pay, with 29% opposed

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Dominic Cummings breaks silence after secret dinner with Nigel Farage

Former top Johnson aide says he ‘might spend more time on SW1’ after revelation of meeting before Christmas

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Scottish Labour MP says party cannot claim it isn’t bringing back austerity

A LABOUR MP has said the party cannot claim it is not bringing back austerity after the benefit reforms announced last week ...

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A bonfire of civil servants – not

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Rachel Reeves deserves credit for wanting to make cuts to a bloated civil service but she needs a bolder approach than the light trim she intends to give it

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Starmer is warned against ‘appeasing’ Trump with tax cut for US tech firms

Labour MP and Lib Dem leader express concern social media companies could be let off hook just as benefits are cut

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Labour plan for £2bn in Whitehall cuts will hit frontline services, union warns

‘You can’t cut your way to growth,’ says PCS head as Reeves confirms move to cut administrative costs by 15% by 2030

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Labour must involve whole country if it wants to achieve its goals, report warns

Age of ‘command and control’ is over, says Demos, with work needed from business, charities, unions and public

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Labour mayoral candidate on race to stop Reform – and ‘Doge Lincolnshire’

Jason Stockwood, ex-chair of Grimsby Town FC, has plan for keeping rival Andrea Jenkyns from implementing US-style cuts

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What are Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules and could they be changed?

What are the economic constraints that underpin the chancellor’s spring statement – and why does she see them as vital?

Evening Standard

Davey: Tory ‘disdain and neglect’ led to rise of Reform

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey addressed delegates and activists at his party’s spring conference in Harrogate.

The National (Scotland)

'Austerity in new clothes': Labour MP calls out Anas Sarwar on spending cuts

ANAS Sarwar has been called out for insisting his party has not implemented austerity measures as a Labour MP has claimed they have, but “just…

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Kemi Badenoch really doesn’t want a pact with Nigel Farage. The problem is lots of Tories really do

The Tories are trailing third in the polls and look set for local election disaster. If Reform is the answer, she may have to go, says the Spectator’s political editor, Katy Balls

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Evening Standard

Davey warns against scrapping tax on tech companies to ‘appease’ Trump

Ambassador to the US Lord Mandelson told the Financial Times that the ‘tax itself is under discussion’.

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Reeves’s dilemma: break your tax pledges or cast Labour adrift from its principles

After the welfare cuts backlash the chancellor is being warned about how she wields the scalpel in her spring statement

The National (Scotland)

Rachel Reeves branded 'Tory tribute act' after confirming plans for billions in cuts

RACHEL Reeves has been branded a “Tory tribute act” after her plans to slash civil service costs by billions and families across the UK are…

The Guardian - UK

‘Hostile environment’ drives many of SNP’s female MSPs to step down before 2026 vote

Women at Holyrood cite lack of support from party, abuse in chamber and online, and tolerance of bullying

The National (Scotland)

Rachel Reeves to cut civil service costs by 15 per cent – but denies 'austerity'

RACHEL Reeves has said Labour will cut the cost of running government by 15 per cent before the next General Election – but repeatedly rejected…

The National (Scotland)

End of SNP police probe 'helps' 2026 election campaign, John Swinney admits

THE end of the police investigation into the SNP “helps” the party’s hopes going into the 2026 Holyrood elections, the First Minister has said…

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Hard times: why Rachel Reeves must be bold and ditch her Dickensian rulebook

In her crucial statement this week, the chancellor would do well to reject the Gradgrind mindset

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