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Independence groups to hold protest against far-right 'pro-UK' rally in Glasgow

PRO-INDEPENDENCE groups are being urged to turn out in Glasgow on the day of a far-right rally in the city next month.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 3, 2024

Alex Salmond: Scotland needs to get back 'energy and aspiration' of indyref

FORMER first minister Alex Salmond has said Scotland needs to get the “energy and aspiration” of the independence referendum back into its…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 3, 2024

Labour is still in its ‘phoney’ period. Far tougher tests await in autumn

When the honeymoon ends, Keir Starmer’s team will be judged on pressure points from the economy to North Sea oil drilling, writes Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2024

Not in the minister’s back yard: is Starmer’s cabinet onboard with housebuilding plans?

The manifesto promises 1.5m homes – but some on the PM’s frontbench have had their own nimby moments

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2024

OPINION - Britain should be training its own carers, not importing them — Labour must bring immigration down

It hasn’t taken long for the backtracking to get under way. The Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced this week that the Government would not, in fact, be raising the income threshold for migrants to bring a spouse into the country for fear that it might “damage the economy”.

Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2024

Robert Jenrick in David Cameron-style speech as he launches bid to succeed Rishi Sunak as Tory leader

‘With the right approach we can persuade young people again that it is in their interests to be Conservative,’ he said

Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2024

Why Rachel Reeves can’t seem to make her ‘£22bn black hole’ narrative convincing

Rachel Reeves had hardly stepped down from the dispatch box to make her first big statement as chancellor of the exchequer before facing a furious backlash. She had claimed to have discovered a £22bn hole in public finances upon taking office and was using it to explain why the new…

The Conversation · Aug 2, 2024

Cleaners in Parliament facing mass redundancies despite Labour pledge to ‘serve working people’

Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU) have warned they face “chaos and uncertainty”

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2024

Nigel Farage: Riots nothing compared to 'what could happen in next few weeks'

NIGEL Farage has said that far-right riots in England is nothing compared to “what could happen over the course of the next few weeks”...

The National (Scotland) · Aug 2, 2024

Scottish Tory who backed far-right in French election defects to Reform

A SCOTTISH Tory who was previously condemned for supporting the far-right in France has defected to Reform...

The National (Scotland) · Aug 2, 2024