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Alba face first leadership contest – but can they survive without Alex Salmond?

KENNY MacAskill’s decision to contest the Alba leadership against Ash Regan triggers the party’s first leadership election in its five years of…

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Kenny MacAskill confirms bid to run for Alba leadership

KENNY MacAskill has announced his decision to stand for the Alba Party leadership...

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The Observer view: Rachel Reeves has an unenviable task, but she must stick to her plan for growth

While some criticisms of the chancellor are justified, there’s no escaping there are no quick fixes to the bad hand she was dealt

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SNP and Catalan independence MPs meet to share knowledge and experiences

MEMBERS of Catalonia’s largest pro-independence party were welcomed by the SNP to Westminster – to compare notes on fighting “intransigence…

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More than 70 protesters arrested in Trafalgar Square after police line broken

Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators marched from a static rally in Whitehall to Trafalgar Square on Saturday.

Evening Standard

Reform deputy leader Richard Tice splitting time between Skegness and Dubai after partner leaves UK

MP says says he is totally committed to his constituency after Isabel Oakeshott moved to the Emirates

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Voices: Tactical voting was Keir Starmer’s secret weapon. Next time, it could be turned against him

COMMENT: The prime minister won because of anti-Tory tactical voting last year – but, John Rentoul argues, new polling suggests that the next election could be very different

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Local elections will be ‘quite difficult’ for Tories, says Badenoch

‘These local elections will be quite difficult for us as a party,’ Kemi Badenoch said.

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Once in a generation indyref claim was 'turn of phrase', says SNP MSP

AN SNP MSP has said that claims the Scottish independence referendum was a once in a generation opportunity should not be taken literally and was a…

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Harris ‘obsessed’ with delivery as party meets to mull plan for new government

Fine Gael members held a regional meeting on Friday night in Dublin days after the draft programme for government was agreed.

Evening Standard

Half of new hospitals promised by Boris Johnson will not be built for years

Exclusive: Labour to announce delay to many of 40 planned projects as costs spiral to estimated £30bn

The Guardian - UK

Polish PM says he wants ‘Breturn’ not Brexit as Starmer visits Warsaw

Sir Keir Starmer has repeatedly ruled out rejoining the customs union or single market.

Evening Standard

Tories and Labour neck-and-neck for worst week in politics

WATCHING Kemi Badenoch from the House of Commons press gallery this week felt like being in the studio audience for a recording of a particularly…

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John Swinney says Scottish independence referendum will happen 'soon'

JOHN Swinney has said that a Scottish independence referendum will happen “soon” ...

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Are there 'grooming gangs' in London? Sadiq Khan accused of stonewalling Tory questions

Susan Hall asks mayor nine times whether there are ‘rape gangs’ in the capital

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Loud fireworks stop guide dog users going out, says MP in call to limit sales

Sarah Owen brought forward proposals to block members of the public from buying fireworks louder than 90 decibels.

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Scottish and Welsh voters could soon apply for postal votes online

Voters in Great Britain can apply for a postal ballot paper for certain elections online but residents of Scotland and Wales must use a paper form.

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Fact check: Kemi Badenoch said she would look at means testing

The Conservative leader was asked about means testing the triple lock on pensions, but did not say she would cut the state pension.

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Top Badenoch ally defends claim pensions could be subject to more means-testing

Nigel Huddleston suggested means-testing the triple lock was among ‘exactly the things’ the party could look at.

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Ex-Tory council leader defected to Reform UK 'during meeting'

A FORMER council Tory leader has been kicked off Glasgow committees after he left one of them following his defection to Reform made news across…

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch’s pensions triple lock remarks prompt alarm among Tory colleagues

Leader urged to clarify suggestion lock could be means-tested amid fears party will lose support among older voters

Evening Standard

'Call me the Iron Chancellor if you want,' says Rachel Reeves as she hits back at critics in City and Commons

Chancellor faces accusations that her Budget hit economic growth with the £25 billion hike in National Insurance on employers

The Guardian - UK

An interesting speech full of hard truths? Kemi Badenoch is clearly rattled

The Tory leader gave an address that was full of candour about her party’s failures. You can sense Nigel Farage’s delight, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Evening Standard

What the papers say – January 17

Here are the stories leading Friday’s newspapers.

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Tories will consider means-testing triple-lock, Badenoch says

The Conservative leader said that while in government the party had supported the system but that ‘we need to make sure we are growing’.

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