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Grattan on Friday: Trimming the tail of the superannuation tax tiger is no easy task

If you were being really cynical, you might say the government should have hacked into those stage 3 tax cuts, while leaving super alone. That would have received much the same political angst, but saved a heap more revenue.

The Conversation

SNP leadership candidates must show impatience to achieve independence if they want to win

Record Deputy Political Editor Chris McCall spoke to SNP members before last night's leadership hustings in Cumbernauld.

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway Council's coalition crumbles after less than a year

Disagreements over financial plans saw council leader and SNP leader Stephen Thompson step down on Tuesday with Tory leader Gail Macgregor set to take over

Daily Record

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'Well that was a porky': SNP MP slams Tories for Brexit promises

SNP MP John Nicolson said Scotland is the only country that hasn’t got what it wanted after the Northern Ireland Protocol was finalised as he…

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Theresa May (and soon Nicola Sturgeon): the strange backbench lives of former national leaders

Former prime ministers are currently making a habit of intervening in government policy. Boris Johnson deployed sources to urge current prime minister Rishi Sunak not to abandon his Brexit policies and to send fighter jets to Ukraine. Liz Truss also used her first speech on the backbenches since leaving Downing…

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak is shaping up to be a prime minister Keir Starmer should be wary of

Sunak’s handling of the NI protocol suggests a leader – and a Tory party – with more left in the tank than some think, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Alister Jack should resign for 'misleading' MPs on Deposit Return Scheme, claim SNP and Greens

The Scottish Secretary's claims that the Holyrood government has failed to ask for a special exemption required under UK law have been contested.

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Revamped Brexit deal ‘keeps reality of Irish Sea border’, warns Dodds

Rishi Sunak sealed a deal with the EU on Monday (February 27) that ended dispute over the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol

Wales Online

Boris Johnson’s comeback dreams shattered by Sunak’s Brexit win

LONDON — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s success in securing a new settlement for Northern Ireland with the European Union has killed off any lingering prospects of a return to U.K. power by Boris Johnson, Conservatives said.

Tribune News Service

King Charles III retains popular support in Wales, new poll shows, but there is a cloud over the monarchy's future

The new King has retained very similar levels of support to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II

Wales Online

WalesOnline St David's Day state of the nation survey 2023: What people think of the Welsh Government, the Prince of Wales and the NHS

We asked our readers their opinions on the huge questions and problems that define life in Wales

Wales Online

SNP leadership candidates put focus on independence at first party hustings

THE SNP leadership candidates put the focus on independence as the party held their hustings in the contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon as leader.

The National (Scotland)

Scotland should demand single market access after NI deal, says Yousaf

SNP leadership candidates faced off in the first of 13 hustings events to take place in the campaign on Wednesday in Cumbernauld.

The Independent UK

'Messages between Hancock and colleagues show ego-filled politicians out of their depth'

Those who lost loved ones to Covid will be reading these revelations with rage and disbelief. These messages must be examined in detail by the Covid Inquiry, which should report as soon as possible

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Belfast Live

Naomi Long: 'No excuse' for DUP blocking Stormont after Windsor Framework

She dismissed suggestions the DUP's boycott strategy helped secure the deal, saying it was "coincidence rather than correlation"

The Independent UK

Long challenges governments on responsibilities to make Stormont workable

The Alliance leader said the Assembly has not been able to function for around half the time since it was formed 25 years ago.

The Independent UK

Long ‘driven’ to keep growing Alliance after six years in charge

Under her leadership, the party has gone from eight MLAs to becoming the third largest party at Stormont with 17.

Liverpool Echo

11 things we learnt at an explosive Liverpool Council budget meeting

It was the biggest night of the year in the town hall for a meeting packed with rows, anger and crucial moments

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Daily Record

Humza Yousaf has dig at Kate Forbes over gay marriage in SNP leadership hustings

The Health Secretary said the next FM would have to celebrate and advance LGBT rights.

The Guardian - UK

Ministers rally behind Covid inquiry after Hancock WhatsApp revelations

Government seeks to bolster confidence in public investigation amid claims process will take too long

Daily Mirror

Lee Anderson stokes fury with claim families 'using food banks then going to McDonald's'

The divisive Tory deputy chairman claimed that receiving Universal Credit isn't an indication that families are in poverty - and said he'd contacted a local school to find out why they'd been offering free breakfasts

Daily Record

South Ayrshire Council raise council tax by five per cent as budget is revealed

Councillors insisted they had been left with no choice amid a tough financial backdrop.

The Guardian - UK

Gavin Williamson said teaching unions ‘just hate work’ during Covid pandemic

Former education secretary said to have made comments in leaked WhatsApp exchanges to Matt Hancock, then health secretary

Liverpool Echo

Councillor hits out at Labour as he's blocked from standing after parking probe

Cllr Barry Kushner says he is not leaving through choice after he was blocked from standing following a Liverpool ECHO parking fines investigation

The Independent UK

Top civil servant urged to come to Holyrood in row over deposit return scheme

A group of four MSPs has written to Scottish Permanent Secretary John-Paul Marks on the issue.

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