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Dining across the divide: ‘He’s keen on punishing people for their crimes. It’s not something I believe in’

Can a former police officer and a medical student come to any agreement on prisons?

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Green MSP expecting her first child in July

AN MSP has announced she is expecting her first child...

The National (Scotland)

Kemi Badenoch calls for national inquiry into UK’s ‘rape gangs scandal’

The Conservative Party leader made the call in a post to X on Thursday, arguing that ‘2025 must be the year that the victims start to get justice’.

Evening Standard

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Proposed phone bans for suspected people smugglers branded ‘weak’ by Tories

Measures aimed at cracking down on organised immigration crime are ‘laughable’, shadow home secretary Chris Philp said.

Evening Standard

Chris McEleny to step down as Alba general secretary when new leader found

CHRIS McEleny is to step down as the general secretary of the Alba Party when a new leader is installed...

The National (Scotland)

Russell Findlay claims Scotland needs a 'MacMusk' to tackle 'public sector waste'

RUSSELL Findlay has suggested Scotland needs its own Elon Musk in order to cut SNP “waste” in the public sector...

The National (Scotland)

Lorna Slater suggests Greens open to new Bute House Agreement after 2026 election

LORNA Slater has suggested the Scottish Greens would be open to working with the SNP in government again after the next Holyrood election...

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Migrants crossing Channel to Britain in 2024 soar by 25 percent

The number of irregular migrants arriving in Britain on small boats soared in 2024, data showed Wednesday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stem the dangerous Channel crossings.

Radio France Internationale

Automatic voter registration may be an answer to UK’s troubling turnout gap

Experts say evidence from abroad shows AVR is effective – and it’s one of several proposals to try to boost voting

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Flynn takes aim at Labour as energy price cap rises

STEPHEN Flynn has taken aim at Labour with domestic energy prices rising and little respite expected during the rest of the year...

The National (Scotland)

‘Bizarrely, I enjoyed bungee jumping!’ How Ed Davey became the Tom Cruise of British politics

The Liberal Democrat leader’s summer of stunts ended in the party’s biggest electoral success ever – and managed to push social care up the agenda. His next project? Mastering TikTok

The Guardian - UK

Tory focus on immigration helped stoke riots, equalities committee chair says

Exclusive: Sarah Owen warns Reform MPs are making task of strengthening UK communities more urgent

The Guardian - UK

Many great prime ministers overcome a shaky start – but Keir Starmer’s window is closing fast

Successful PMs learn on the job, and Labour’s leader needs to start 2025 by showing his party and the country he has done so, writes biographer Anthony Seldon

The Guardian - UK

What the papers say – January 1

Here are the biggest stories on the first front pages of the new year.

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Political leaders eye ‘buzz’ and ‘big opportunity’ in new year messages

Sir Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Sir Ed Davey have delivered their key messages for 2025.

Evening Standard

Post Office needs to be taken out of Horizon redress scheme, MP says

Just £499 million of the budgeted £1.8 billion has been paid out so far.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer vows to rebuild Britain as Labour did after second world war

PM says in his new year message that 2025 will be a year of rebuilding, comparing the task to that Attlee faced in 1945

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer vows to 'fight for change' in 2025 to win back trust of voters after Labour government poll slump

The Prime Minister stressed that 2025 would be a ‘year of rebuilding’

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Pupils will ‘pay price’ for new tax on private school fees, Tories warn Reeves

The long-standing VAT exemption for private schools ends on New Year’s Day.

Evening Standard

Tory criticism of knighthood not the last I will receive, Sir Sadiq Khan says

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of ‘rewarding the failing Sadiq Khan’.

The Guardian - UK

Here’s how we could reform the Lords for the 21st century

Letters: Venetia Caine and Philip Wood suggest ways to reorganise the upper house, while Michael Meadowcroft points to a report that offered practical solutions back in 2007. Plus a letter from Chris Rennard

The National (Scotland)

'No Nicola Sturgeon succession' if Scotland voted Yes in 2014, journalist claims

If Scotland had voted to become independent in 2014, Nicola Sturgeon would not have risen to prominence in politics, a journalist has claimed.

The Guardian - UK

Act now or UK parliament could be next Notre Dame inferno, MPs and peers told

Former Commons leader decries ‘another kick of the can’, with restoration plan not to be published until late 2025

The Guardian - UK

‘You’ve got nothing to lose’: Labour’s ‘bonus MPs’ aim to make their mark after surprise wins

Some of the 33 MPs elected in non-target seats have already made a big impression as they settle into unexpected roles

The National (Scotland)

Review of the year: What happened in Scottish politics in 2024?

AT the start of 2024, Humza Yousaf was the first minister, the SNP and Greens were partners in the Scottish Government, the SNP had 48 MPs at…

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