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Spending more on benefits would be ‘wrong approach’, Jackie Baillie says

Scottish Labour’s deputy leader defended the UK Government’s welfare cuts as she said the rise in the benefit bill is ‘unsustainable’.

Evening Standard

The storm-battered chancellor needs her nextdoor neighbour to be a steadfast friend

Even if the UK manages to dodge the worst of Donald Trump’s tariffs, we will still suffer from the fallout of a global trade war

The Guardian - UK

Prosecution of people who help clients evade tax in UK falls by 75% in five years

Fewer than five criminal cases were brought against those who aid tax dodgers in 2023-24, down from 16 in 2018-19

The Guardian - UK

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Who is running Britain’s economy – Rachel Reeves or Donald Trump?

The chancellor’s careful calculations for her spring statement are likely to be blown out of the water by a looming US trade war

The Guardian - UK

MSP makes Mother’s Day call urging UK Government to extend maternity pay

Scottish Green MSP Gillian Mackay said every new parent should have the chance to spend quality time with their baby.

Evening Standard

Conservatives calls for Cobra meeting to deal with Birmingham bin strikes

The Tories also urged the Government to send in private sector binmen to ‘bust the local authority refuse service strikes’.

Evening Standard

‘I like Rupert Lowe’s plain speaking’: suspended MP haunts Nigel Farage’s big rally

As Reform UK launched its English local elections campaign in Birmingham there were murmurs among activists about the fate of a ‘popular figure’

The Guardian - UK

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The Observer view on the spring statement: Rachel Reeves balanced the books – but at whose expense?

Here was a successful economic strategy in the making, marred by its abdication of responsibility to some of society’s weakest

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Michael Gove explains why he abandoned Boris Johnson twice

COMMENT: The former cabinet minister’s insights into the Conservatives’ struggles highlight the party’s deepening crisis and the challenges facing its future, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK

‘An insult’: Amanda Spielman, Ofsted chief at time of Ruth Perry’s suicide, to be given a peerage

The nomination by Conservatives of the former chief inspector of schools has been met with outrage by the headteacher’s family, and called ‘obscene’ by school leaders

The Guardian - UK

Starmer urged to reveal if he made comparison between benefits and pocket money

Treasury minister Darren Jones faced backlash when he made the comparison in the wake of the Chancellor’s spring statement.

Evening Standard

‘Cabinet no longer feels safe’: Labour MPs criticise briefings against female ministers

Female MPs say they are unnerved by how women seem to be taking brunt of anger over government decisions

The Guardian - UK

Christina McKelvie on why Winnie Ewing was her inspiration from archived interview

This Q&A session with MSP Christina McKelvie, whose death was announced on Thursday, first appeared in the August 2017 issue of iScot magazine…

The National (Scotland)

Reform UK echoes Trump with ‘make Britain great again’ aired at election launch

Nigel Farage said he wanted to create a British form of Doge, a US cost-cutting programme led by Elon Musk.

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The Independent UK

Starmer’s government must now get its messaging in order

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The loss of No 10’s director of communications after just nine months should come as a warning to the entire government. It needs to better explain to the public why it is making unpopular decisions and demanding sacrifices – or sink further in the polls

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers need to ask why they are offered freebies – and who loses out

Firms who wine and dine officials may gain a seat at the policymaking table while the third sector is squeezed out

The Guardian - UK

Labour ads use NHS to attack Farage’s views before major Reform rally

Billboards in Birmingham cite party leader’s remarks about a new funding model as local elections campaigning begins

Evening Standard

Welsh First Minister ‘reserving position’ on UK Government’s benefits cuts

Eluned Morgan told members of the Senedd she was waiting to find out what impact the benefits cuts would have on Wales.

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The National (Scotland)

SNP hit out at £50m 'Labour Government cash grab' from Scottish Budget

THE SNP have demanded that the UK Treasury returns £49.1 million of funding effectively removed from the Scottish Budget ...

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson and Derek Hatton face bribery charges in court

Former city politicians and 10 others accused of offences also including misconduct in a public office

Evening Standard

Labour loses by-election to independents in east London as grassroots anger at Government continues

Noor Jahan Begum won the council seat vacated by former Redbridge council leader Jas Athwal who was elected a Labour MP last year

Evening Standard

Man admits making threats to kill his MP for a second time

Benjamin Clarke was on bail when he committed the second offence against Labour MP for Bishop Auckland, Sam Rushworth

The Guardian - UK

How has fascism in Britain got this far? Neoliberalism has opened the door for it

We need a new politics of belonging, not Labour’s craven appeasement of capital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The National (Scotland)

Westminster will not ignore electoral mandate for independence claims Kenny MacAskill

ALBA leader Kenny MacAskill has insisted Westminster will not ignore an electoral mandate for independence.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s communications chief quits after nine months

Exclusive: Matthew Doyle is second senior member of PM’s team to be in post for less than a year after election

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