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Mapped: How did my MP vote in the winter fuel allowance motion?

MPs voted 348 to 228 to axe the payment for all but the country’s poorest pensioners, rejecting a Tory bid for the controversial policy to be blocked

The Independent UK

UK's Starmer Faces Down Parliament Over 'Unpopular' Benefit Cut

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer survived an early test of his fledgling premiership on Tuesday when lawmakers backed his controversial plan to end fuel benefits for millions of pensioners.

International Business Times

Who is Jon Trickett? Labour MP votes against Government on Winter Fuel Payment

JON Trickett is the only Labour MP to vote for a motion aiming to scrap cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment...

The National (Scotland)

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OPINION - Keir Starmer's sloganeering gave me horrible flashbacks to Theresa May

The clue is in the name. The “mission-driven” government to which Keir Starmer is ostensibly committed is meant to be defined by its strategic objectives and the steps by which they will be achieved in his “decade of renewal”.

Evening Standard

John Swinney news, interviews and updates on Scotland's First Minister

JOHN Swinney has served as the First Minister of Scotland since May 2024 after becoming the seventh person to hold the position...

The National (Scotland)

Peter Mandelson tried to ensure black MPs failed, claims Diane Abbott

Ms Abbott claimed the influential Labour figure refused to give her a media briefing

The Independent UK

Patrick Harvie interviews, news and updates on the Scottish Greens co-leader

PATRICK Harvie has served as co-leader of the Scottish Greens since 2019, although was the co-convener prior to this since 2008.

The National (Scotland)

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Former MP assistant seeks to chug a pint in all 650 UK constituencies in campaign to support pubs

Jay Chan, who worked for ex-MP Marco Longhi, is travelling the country downing pints to campaign for pro-pub policies

The Independent UK

Scottish Greens news, interviews and full list of party's current MSPs

THE Scottish Greens are a political party in Scotland, with representation in both Holyrood and in various councils across the country...

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson ‘binned’ solution to prisons crisis as prime minister, claims Dominic Cummings

Former Tory adviser says the problem in jails was predicted ‘years ago’ and was also ignored by ex-PMs Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Winter fuel allowance: More than 50 Labour MPs fail to back Keir Starmer in crunch Commons vote

Prime Minister seeks to raise hopes by talking of ‘the light of a fairer Britain’ - but warns ‘tough’ decisions are needed to sort out Britain’s crippled public finances

Evening Standard

Tory leadership contender warns party must 'not forget' centre ground voters lost to Lib Dems and Labour

Results of the second round of Conservative leadership voting are expected at 5pm on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Photo ID rules put some people off voting in Scotland, watchdog says

THE Electoral Commission has called for more forms of voter ID to be accepted at polling stations for General Elections after it found around 16,000…

The National (Scotland)

Newly elected MP defends decision to run for select committee chair

2024 intake offers ‘fresh eyes and fresh experience’, says Marie Tidball, amid Labour disquiet over rapid promotions

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The Independent UK

Labour has no choice but to cut winter fuel payment, minister insists

Jonathan Reynolds urged MPs to ‘be the team that fixes this country’ and not ‘rely on your colleagues to make the difficult decisions’.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer faces rebellion as 53 Labour MPs abstain over winter fuel and one votes with Tories – as it happened

Conservative motion to block winter fuel payment cut defeated but 53 Labour MPs abstain and one, Jon Trickett, votes with the Tories

The Guardian - UK

UK government has ‘no choice’ but to cut winter fuel payment, says minister

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds urges Labour MPs to back proposal in Tuesday’s Commons vote

The Guardian - UK

Warning: countryside at risk. Ministers are pulling a fast one over the threat to pristine green-belt land

Proposals for potential development go much further than anyone first thought. A revolt may follow, says environment writer Geoffrey Lean

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Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves urged by Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to consider softening cuts to winter fuel payments

His appeal came ahead of a crunch Commons vote on the controversial reform

The Guardian - UK

I sit in the House of Lords – and here’s why getting rid of 92 hereditary peers won’t fix it

Only a fully elected second chamber will give us true democracy, says Green party peer Jenny Jones

The Guardian - UK

Beaten, marooned, demoralised – and yet still the right clings to Thatcher. I’ve seen them: they’re so lost

I went to a conference of rightwing pollsters and party grandees. It seems their only way forward is to look back, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

Why are left-wing men such relentlessly dull dates?

As Diane Abbott opens up about her previous romantic relationship with Jeremy Corbyn, Helen Coffey warns against the pitfalls of going out with comrades who take life just a little too seriously

The Guardian - UK

Reeves urged to make tax changes ‘to raise more than £20bn a year’

Resolution Foundation suggests proposals on capital gains tax, inheritance tax and national insurance

The National (Scotland)

SNP and Labour neck-and-neck in Holyrood votes, poll suggests

THE SNP and Labour are neck-and-neck ahead of the next Holyrood election, a poll has suggested ...

The National (Scotland)

Why Scotland in Union's vague new independence poll isn't what it seems

AND so we return to the little pantomime that predictably occurs every few months.

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