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Labour win council seat from LibDems in Scottish council by-election

LABOUR have won a seat from the Scottish Liberal Democrats in a by-election in East Dunbartonshire.

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Angela Rayner insists workers’ rights package is ringfenced

Deputy prime minister dismisses suggestions of Labour rift, saying employment protections will boost growth

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Ministers ‘mission-washing’ spending plans in effort to avoid cuts

Departments making stretched links between programmes and government ‘missions’ amid fears of budget cuts

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Does the government really know what it wants from the CMA?

Some directives such as ‘be more agile’ are meaningless, and what happens when the ‘pro-growth’ agenda collides with the ‘pro-competition’ one?

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Two Darlington councillors investigated after ‘wrestling’ in parish meeting

Exchange of insults between David Darling and Colin Pease, both in their 70s, led to scratches, bleeding and broken spectacles

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Labour branded 'utterly shameless' after giving former Scottish leader Lords role

A FORMER leader of Scottish Labour has been inducted into the House of Lords as her party has been accused of “shamelessly” ennobling a new…

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SNP MP in bid to end 400-year-old Westminster 'tradition'

AN SNP MP is seeking to ban the more than 400-year-old practice of opening the day in the House of Commons with prayers.

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Ministers warned infected blood compensation payouts taking ‘far too long’

More than 30,000 people who received NHS treatment between the 1970s and early 1990s were infected with contaminated blood.

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Rocky path ahead if politicians kowtow to Trump and Farage, warns Sturgeon

The former Scottish first minister urged ‘progressive, liberal people’ to fight back.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner reportedly told about offensive WhatsApp joke in 2022

Deputy prime minister reportedly told separately by two councillors about lewd messages about her on group

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch faces call to apologise after party political clip filmed in Parliament

The video features a brief clip of Speaker’s Court, part of the Palace of Westminster.

Evening Standard

Imitating hard-right politics of Nigel Farage 'road to ruin', warns Nicola Sturgeon

TOO many politicians are trying to combat the threat of hard-right leaders such as Donald Trump and Nigel Farage by imitating them, Nicola Sturgeon…

The National (Scotland)

Reports of Stephen Flynn’s ‘hit list’ of SNP MSPs just speculation, says Neil Gray

Reports of a “hit list” of MSPs Stephen Flynn wants to be replaced with former MPs is just “speculation”, Scotland’s Health Secretary has…

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Ian Murray given 'season ticket' for backing Manchester United over Scottish workers

LABOUR have been presented with a "hospitality season ticket” for Manchester United after pledging £1 billion to INEOS chairman Jim…

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Dining across the divide: ‘She objected to people coming to the UK who haven’t been invited’

They disagreed on immigration and the climate crisis – would they be more aligned on sentencing and the death penalty?

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'Extraordinary': BBC accused of bid to spin dismal growth figures for Labour

THE BBC has been accused of an “extraordinary” bid to spin dismal economic growth figures to benefit Labour.

Evening Standard

Get In review: The inside story of Labour — and the snake pit around Keir Starmer

Get In is a succinct title for a story which combines single-minded pursuit of power with a host of football references (10 separate ones in the index alone plus many metaphors). From electoral wipeout in the Jeremy Corbyn-led rout of 2019 to a convincing mandate in 2024, it is also…

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OPINION - Labour's plan for our education system is simple: nobody is allowed to win

In 2010 I debated Ed Balls on Newsnight about the Conservatives’ education plans. “The danger is that there will be winners in this policy,” he warned, a line later quoted by David Cameron to ridicule Labour’s attitude to his government’s education reforms.

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Reports of Flynn’s ‘hit list’ of SNP MSPs just speculation, says Gray

The Scottish Health Secretary said the party wants the ‘best possible candidates’ for next year’s Holyrood election.

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Heathrow expansion will not deprive regions of jobs and flights, say ministers

Mike Kane, whose portfolio includes aviation, said a third runway at the country’s biggest airport will boost productivity beyond London.

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Confidence in the British economy slumps to record lows among the wealthy

Faith in the government even worse than in the aftermath of Liz Truss’s infamous mini-Budget

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Government in denial about what constitutes genocide, says Labour MP

Brian Leishman also described as appalling a statement from Foreign Secretary David Lammy where he ruled out ‘any discussion of sanctions’.

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Home Office chief announces he will leave department in March

Sir Matthew Rycroft previously served in leading roles in international development and the Foreign Office.

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Counter-terror review linked to MP’s murder ‘clearly inadequate’

Former MP Anna Firth criticised a review of how terrorist Ali Harbi Ali was dealt with under a counter-terrorism scheme.

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David Amess’s killer had been dropped too soon by Prevent, review finds

Anti-radicalisation scheme found to have made series of errors in case of Ali Harbi Ali, who went on to murder MP

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