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Labour blame Winter Fuel Payment cut for by-election losses

SCOTTISH Labour have blamed the cut to the Winter Fuel Payment for damaging losses in two by-elections, stressing it was the “biggest factor” in…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 4, 2024

SNP take seat from Scottish Labour to win two by-elections in Dundee

THE SNP have won two by-elections for Dundee City Council, with Scottish Labour losing a seat ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 4, 2024

Diego Garcia blame game deepens as Liz Truss hits out at Boris Johnson for island ‘surrender’

Exclusive: Labour said they had no choice but to sign the deal because of the legal mess left by the Tories

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2024

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Independent readers give their verdict on the Tory leadership race

Some readers called for the Conservatives to return to the centre ground – while others raised fears over ‘Maga-style rhetoric’

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2024

Tory leadership candidates fail to inspire as new poll shows Starmer support holds firm

Exclusive: A week of coverage of the Conservative Party leadership contest and more questions over free gifts have only made a small dent in Labour’s continued poll lead

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2024

John Swinney's dad refuses to tell him who he votes for

JOHN Swinney has revealed that despite his father being “fascinated” by what he does in politics he has never told him who he votes for ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 4, 2024

Blame Sunak for Tory election drubbing not me, says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson believes that the Tories might have won the election this year if they had stuck with his agenda

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2024

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Unleashed by Boris Johnson review – memoirs of a clown

All the fancy verbiage in the world cannot disguise the emptiness at the heart of this self-serving, solipsistic book

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024

From Covid to Kosovo: five things we learned from Boris Johnson’s memoir

Former PM’s doorstop-sized tome, Unleashed, recounts chequered political career in familiar boosterish tone

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024

Fibs and failures in the Tory party and beyond

Letters: Jeremy Cushing on the lies that politicians are forced to tell, David Diprose on a catalogue of failure in British political leadership, plus letters on Kemi Badenoch and Liz Truss

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024

OPINION - Why Keir Starmer can't spend his way out of the freebie row

It is easy to look back on the 2000s with magenta-tinted glasses. Certainly, there was no major land war in Europe, or a global pandemic. Meanwhile, to be a Eurosceptic basically meant tutting about ever-closer union. Few seriously suggested leaving the EU.

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2024

'Sick joke': Labour councillor stays head of anti-bullying group despite suspension

STIRLING councillors have voted to keep a Labour representative previously suspended for bullying as the head of an anti-bullying taskforce.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 3, 2024

‘The night of the living dead’: denial-fuelled Tory conference ends without direction

Delusion and short-term relief brought a strange buzz to Birmingham, with the leadership race still wide open

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024

Labour picks trains tsar to drive through railway renationalisation

The transport secretary has picked Laura Shoaf, chief executive of the West Midlands Combined Authority, to run Shadow Great British Railways

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2024

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The National (Scotland) · Oct 3, 2024

Russell Findlay makes a sleepy FMQs debut as Scottish Tory leader

RUSSELL Findlay stepped up to the plate for his first go at First Minister’s Questions as leader of the Scottish Conservatives.

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2024

James Cleverly condemns Chagos Islands deal - despite being the one who initiated talks

After a barnstorming conference, which catapulted Mr Cleverly to second favourite in the Tory leadership contest, the Chagos Islands news threatens to derail his momentum

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Keir Starmer must get a grip on ethics commission

Taylor Swift, Glastonbury, clothes - the Prime Minister has paid back from than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality he received since entering Number 10, following the simmering row over ministerial donations.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 3, 2024

Labour donor expects honour after bankrolling party, wife claims

THE estranged wife of green energy tycoon Dale Vince has claimed he expects to receive an honour from the Labour Party after giving them millions of…

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The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2024

MPs accepting freebies while out of power ‘different’, minister claims

Sarah Jones defends frontbenchers taking free tickets to concerts and festivals while in opposition as ‘building relationships’

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2024

OPINION - Jon Sopel: I’ve seen the Republicans up close and Britain’s Tories aren’t like them — they’re a unique brand of special

I am sitting writing this in a corner of the Birmingham ICC, a conference centre and concert venue as though designed by Max Escher with a confusing array of staircases going everywhere and nowhere, it seems. But that is not what strikes me as odd. More, I am struck by…

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024

The Tories are deluded to think they’ll be back in power in 2029. Here are three economic reasons why

Labour’s squandering of its political capital has given hope to the right. But Britain’s voters want a leftwing agenda, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024

Thursday briefing: Keir Starmer’s plan to fix Britain’s fractured friendship with Europe

In today’s newsletter: Yearly summits, freedom of movement (sort of) – how the prime minister is trying to repair the UK-EU bond

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2024

Is this the most divisive baby name ever?

How much is too much when it comes to picking a name for your children, asks Katie Rosseinsky

The National (Scotland) · Oct 3, 2024

Labour warned cuts plans are 'Liz Truss levels of economic vandalism'

LABOUR have been warned their plans to cut billions from government budgets are “Liz Truss levels of economic vandalism”.

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2024

Starmer pays back £6,000 of gifts in third attempt to close down freebies row

Faced with an inquiry into his leading donor of gifts, Keir Starmer has tried for a third time to shut down the freebies row

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