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'Hopeless': Stephen Flynn slates Labour minister over weak 'cronyism' defence

A LABOUR minister has been slated for a “hopeless” defence of alleged cronyism in the party ...

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Most voters say Labour government doesn't understand Scotland, poll finds

THE clear majority of Scots think the new Labour-run UK Government has little to no understanding of the issues facing Scotland, according to a new…

The National (Scotland)

Labour's fiscal rules are 'daft' – they should borrow more, IFS director says

LABOUR’s self-imposed fiscal rules are “pretty daft” and ape the Conservatives, according to the director of a leading economics think tank ...

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'UK has once-in-a-generation chance to turn corner on Brexit', Keir Starmer claims

THE UK has a “once-in-a-generation opportunity" to turn a "corner on Brexit", the Prime Minister has claimed as he heads to Europe…

The National (Scotland)

Starmer In Germany For First Bilateral Trip As UK PM

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer landed in Berlin late Tuesday ahead of talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in his first bilateral trip since taking office last month.

International Business Times

Keir Starmer vows to ‘turn a corner on Brexit’ before Germany trip

PM says trip is part of wider efforts to restore ‘broken relationships’ with EU countries

The Guardian - UK

Starmer reveals he was forced to check prison capacity every day during riots

After a surge in arrests this weekend, it has been reported that there are just 100 spaces left in men’s prisons

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It's looking like Tory rot will simply be replaced by Labour rot

There is no end to the duplicity of Labour's Scottish branch manager Anas Sarwar ...

The National (Scotland)

UK’s biggest union boss issues ‘no austerity mark II’ warning to Starmer

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has issued a shot across the bows for Keir Starmer as the prime minister indicates the October budget will be ‘really painful’

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s gloomy politics: it is bad economics

Editorial: Keir Starmer wants to pin the blame for broken Britain on the shambolic Tories. But his party has yet to form its own, more hopeful narrative

The Guardian - UK

How George Osborne laid the groundwork for austerity – and Keir Starmer copied him

“I am not going to hide the hard choices from the British people.” “We have had to pay the bills of past irresponsibility.” “We have been…

The National (Scotland)

SNP to elect new national secretary – as two stand to be party president

THE SNP will elect a new national secretary at conference as the incumbent has chosen to step down, the finalised agenda has revealed ...

The National (Scotland)

‘Austerity mark two is not the answer’: Trade unions hit out at Keir Starmer speech

TRADE unions have hit out at Keir Starmer’s speech in which he warned that the UK Government’s forthcoming Budget will be “painful”.

The National (Scotland)

The bedraggled Tories are useful foes, but Keir Starmer’s real enemy now is time

The public know there are no quick fixes to Britain’s problems, but without tangible change, patience will run out quickly, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Rachel Reeves has boxed herself into a corner on tax

Letters: Readers respond to the chancellor’s attempts to manage Britain’s public finances

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer takes a political gamble with message of bad news

Past Labour PMs – Blair, Wilson, Attlee – have tended to arrive in power accentuating the positive

The National (Scotland)

I went to Downing Street to see Keir Starmer promise – and deliver – pain

KEIR Starmer promised pain and pain he delivered.

The National (Scotland)

SNP facing 'a doing' at Scottish election without major reform, say senior figures

SENIOR SNP figures have suggested the party will lose the next Scottish election unless it enacts a major rethink.

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Scottish Tory leadership candidate pitches tax cuts for millionaires

MURDO Fraser would give millionaires a tax cut of £35,000 while leaving rates for part-time workers untouched, according to one of his campaign…

The Guardian - UK

Keir had his holiday ruined so he’s ruined ours – by telling us everything’s hopeless

When you’re told the country’s dying on its feet, it helps when the messenger has the demeanour of an undertaker

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney issues statement on Labour 'austerity' after Keir Starmer speech

SNP leader John Swinney has issued a statement in response to Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying that his Labour government’s first Budget will…

The National (Scotland)

What we learned from the first big poll for the 2026 Scottish election

Is it really looking good for Anas Sarwar? ... Polling expert James Kelly doubts it.

The National (Scotland)

Labour cuts will 'fundamentally damage' Scottish public services, SNP warn

LABOUR’S political choices will “fundamentally damage” public services in Scotland, the Finance Secretary has warned ...

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer says Labour cronies given jobs as they are the 'best people'

KEIR Starmer has defended parachuting Labour cronies into Government as “getting the best people into the best jobs”, amid a cronyism row…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Sir Keir Starmer can't just keep blaming the Tories — he needs to give us all a little more hope

It really isn’t 1997, is it? Back then, a confident new Labour prime minister promised that “things can only get better”. In sharp contrast, Sir Keir Starmer warns today, in his first keynote speech as PM, that “things will get worse before we get better”. Note the ominous “we”.

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