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Call for key SNP conference motion to include Yes campaign revival by end of year

A PROPOSAL to revive the Yes brand with a new Scotland-wide campaign by the end of this year is being put forward...

The National (Scotland)

Sunak creates dividing line with Labour with net zero slowdown

The policy overhaul included pushing back the ban on new petrol and diesel cars back by five years to 2035.

The Independent UK

Age, not class, is now the biggest divide in British politics, new research confirms

“Class is the basis of British politics; all else is embellishment and detail.” So wrote Peter Pulzer, the former Gladstone professor of politics at the University of Oxford in the 1960s. Nowadays, however, it is age, not social class, that is the biggest demographic division in Britain’s electoral politics.

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Labour victory in Rutherglen seat will put SNP and Tories on notice – Murray

A by-election is being held in the constituency next month.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss’s comeback defies all belief – until you understand the rotten forces making it possible

A weak PM, a dying government, a radicalised rightwing press: these are the foundations of Truss’s unlikely relaunch, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Labour relishing Tory net zero clash as party refuses to back PM’s car ban delay

Shadow environment secretary Steve Reed predicted the Prime Minister’s watering down of green pledges would ‘blow up in his face’.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak comes out fighting over net zero but he’s pursuing a risky strategy

Prime minister’s attempt to portray himself as radical changemaker could backfire with Conservative voters

The Guardian - UK

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Sunak’s big green gamble: the story behind the PM’s decision to U-turn

With PM’s electoral options narrowing, strategists came to conclusion policy could help create dividing line with Labour

The Guardian - UK

Tube strikes October 2023: When are TfL staff striking and why?

RMT has announced further walkouts in October that will disrupt most parts of the London Underground

Evening Standard

SNP demand recall of Westminster to debate 'arrogant' Tory U-turn on net zero

THE SNP have demanded an immediate recall of Westminster to debate Rishi Sunak’s “arrogant” U-turn on key net zero policies.

The National (Scotland)

Sunak U-turn on green policies forces Labour to revise its own

Opposition castigates Tories’ ‘delay and dither’ but politics and pragmatism mean it will not promise full reinstatement of targets

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Labour MSPs told to U-turn and oppose employment law devolution motion

SCOTTISH Labour MSPs will not support a motion calling for the devolution of employment law – despite a manifesto pledge to back the policy ...

The National (Scotland)

See Sunak’s green retreat for what it is: a ruthless short-term electoral gamble

The PM has calculated that he can gain points with his party membership and skew byelection results. But at what cost, asks Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

What is the EU ‘inner circle’ and what does it mean for the UK and Brexit? Ask John Rentoul

The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul will be taking your questions on what an ‘associate membership’ of the EU could mean for the UK, Brexit and the country’s political landscape

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Al Gore says Rishi Sunak taking ‘wrong decision’ on climate

The former US vice president urged the PM not to curb his green policies.

The National (Scotland)

‘Strong reasons’ to consider Scottish Government overseas expansion, minister says

Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson has said there is a strong case to consider expanding the Scottish Government’s international offices...

The National (Scotland)

BBC host lets MP claim Tories 'grew economy by 60 per cent' without challenge

FOR anyone struggling through the cost-of-living crisis worsened and worsened by successive Tory governments, one of the party’s more confused MPs…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer 'rejects' plans for 'Macron's onion' to bring UK closer to EU

KEIR Starmer has been called out for “bluff and bluster” over his apparently shifting stance on relations with the EU.

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Scottish town to host Cabinet Secretaries for public Q&A session

THE Scottish Cabinet is to meet in a picturesque village on the country’s west coast as the government sees the return of a policy which has been…

The Independent UK

Sunak briefs Cabinet as he prepares to water down net zero plans

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to set out a ‘proportionate’ approach to the emissions-cutting problem.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak delays some green targets and scraps others as he reveals net zero policy shift – as it happened

PM says people to be given more time to switch gas boilers to heat pumps, and ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars delayed

The Independent UK

Hunt: Inflation plan working but households still feeling cost-of-living pain

The Chancellor said there is still ‘immense pressure’ on families but the Government’s plan ‘is working – plain and simple’.

The Guardian - UK

We won’t save planet by bankrupting the British people, says Braverman

Home secretary denies government backing away from net zero commitments but says it must take ‘pragmatic approach’

The Independent UK

Braverman says green policies cannot ‘bankrupt’ people as Sunak mulls changes

The Prime Minister is expected to water down key environmental pledges in a speech later this week.

The Guardian - UK

Senior Tories express unease over Sunak’s intention to roll back climate policies

Tory MPs who have championed net zero policies furious at PM’s plans to delay or water down green measures

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