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Mandelson vetting questions should be answered in Parliament – Sarwar

Anas Sarwar said the scandal was the ‘tipping point’ which led to his earlier call for Sir Keir Starmer to quit.

Evening Standard

Lib Dems launch manifesto with call for change ‘with fairness at its heart’

The party has set out its ‘realistic’ plan ‘to get things done, focused on the things that matter most’.

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Starmer should ‘do the right thing’ and quit over Mandelson row, says Flynn

News emerged on Thursday that the Foreign Office had overruled security experts to allow Peter Mandelson to be appointed US ambassador.

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Swinney ‘not interested’ in fight with UK Government over plan to cap food costs

The SNP set out the proposal on Thursday, but a UK Government source has suggested the policy could cost millions in legal fees.

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Starmer should face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey

Exclusive: Liberal Democrat leader calls for privileges committee to investigate whether PM misled parliament

The Guardian - UK

A question for those desperate to cut benefits to fund defence: who exactly are you willing to impoverish?

George Robertson has joined Reform and the Tories in making the case. Look welfare recipients in the face and say that, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

UK Tory MP who defected to Reform advises One Nation in Australian byelection campaign

Former MP Tom Hunt has been working for Pauline Hanson’s party in the seat of Farrer, where One Nation hopes for a game-changing breakthrough

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Starmer defies calls to resign as he sacks Foreign Office chief after Mandelson vetting scandal explodes

Security officials initially denied Lord Mandelson clearance - but Foreign Office officials overruled the recommendation

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Badenoch calls Farage an ‘opportunist’ after he urges Scottish nationalists to back Reform

Tory leader criticises Farage for saying that holding another independence vote ‘probably quite reasonable’

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Scottish Parliament ‘paying lip service’ to oil and gas industry – Kemi Badenoch

The Conservative leader made her comments while on a visit to Scotland.

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Battle to keep Bromley in London after Nigel Farage suggests three boroughs may leave capital

‘Bromley belongs in London,’ says Labour MP Liam Conlon

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A decade on from Brexit, Britain still flounders without a place in the world

Letters: Raj Parkash and Chris Manners on the lasting impact of the UK’s decision in 2016 to leave the EU

The Guardian - UK

SNP pledges to cap bread and milk prices if it wins Scotland’s parliamentary elections

John Swinney unveils his party’s manifesto, saying cost of living is the ‘defining issue’ for voters on 7 May

The Guardian - UK

Britain is ‘defenceless’ without support of the US, says Farage

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the Reform leader stressed the importance of preserving what he described as a ‘crucial’ relationship.

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Swinney pledges no tax hikes and price cap on essential food in SNP manifesto

The First Minister also promised to cap bus fares at £2 per journey if the party is re-elected next month.

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Keir Starmer urged to apologise for ‘contemptuous behaviour at PMQs’

Jesse Norman claimed the Prime Minister had ‘ignored the question and changed the subject’ in 23 out of his last 24 responses to Kemi Badenoch.

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Use King’s US visit as leverage to ‘bring Trump to his senses’ – Cole-Hamilton

The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader was speaking on the Holyrood election campaign trail on Thursday.

The Times of India

Who is Sajjad Raja? Reform UK candidate under-fire for saying 'from river to the sea

A Reform UK candidate for the Leeds local elections is under investigation after a video showed him chanting a controversial slogan at a 2024 protest linked to Gaza, according to The Times (UK).

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Indyref2 ‘reasonable’ if issue becomes ‘relevant’ in future – Farage

The Reform UK leader said he cannot predict how people will feel about independence in 20 years’ time.

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Outrage after London Green candidate shares 'false flag' Golders Green ambulance attack claim

Aziz Rahman Hakimi, a candidate for Haverstock ward in Camden, has been accused of ‘abhorrent and anti-Semitic’ conduct over his social media activity, including reposting allegations that ‘Zionists’ were behind the 9/11 attacks

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Badenoch: Only Tories will stand up against SNP’s ‘divisive’ referendum plans

The Conservative leader is expected to address supporters at a rally in Edinburgh on Thursday.

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Swinney to launch SNP manifesto with plan to make ‘NHS fit for the future’

In a speech in Glasgow, the First Minister will pitch himself as a leader with ‘experienced and trusted leadership’.

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Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer: I’m not interested in being First Minister

Mr Greer said he would be ‘unbelievably proud’ to serve as deputy to his party co-leader Gillian Mackay.

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Harriet Harman calls on Queen to meet Epstein survivors during US visit

The King and Queen do not plan to meet survivors of the convicted sex offender.

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Polanski's Greens and Farage's Reform to win London councils for first time ever in May elections political earthquake - new poll

‘If Reform and the Greens can win boroughs for the first time then that is momentous’, says pollster

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