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The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

Lib Dems members rebuff leadership with vote to keep housebuilding targets

Overwhelming conference vote defies Ed Davey strategy of reshaping policy to court wavering Tory voters

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet split over Sunak’s HS2 ‘gross act of vandalism’

Exclusive: Levelling up secretary Michael Gove and transport secretary Mark Harper ‘very unhappy’ over plan to axe northern leg – first revealed by this newspaper – as George Osborne attacks ‘economic self-harm’

The Independent UK

SNP open to amending controversial Scottish independence motion, says Yousaf

The SNP leader has put forward a motion which states winning most Scottish seats in the general election could lead to independence talks

The Independent UK

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Lib Dems receive ‘transformational’ £1m boost to election war chest

The windfall, the Liberal Democrats’ biggest since 2019, is said to be enough to recruit extra staff in dozens of seats

The Independent UK

Humza Yousaf laughs off claim SNP can't get MSPs and activists on campaign trail

THE First Minister has laughed off claims that the SNP are struggling to get parliamentarians and activists to join the campaign trail in…

The National (Scotland)

SNP MP threatens legal action amid row over Westminster selection process

AN SNP MP threatened to take legal action against her local party amid a row over dirty tricks around the selection of candidates.

The National (Scotland)

Rejoining EU will be ‘long-term thing’, says Ed Davey as Lib Dem tensions grow over reversing Brexit

The Liberal Democrat leader said he has ‘worked very carefully’ with foreign affairs spokesman Layla Moran ‘to make sure that we can improve our relationship with Europe’

The Independent UK

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SNP will 'consider amendments' to key motion ahead of conference, says Humza Yousaf

HUMZA Yousaf has said he will “consider” amendments to his independence strategy motion but vowed to push forward with the “most seats…

The National (Scotland)

SNP will consider amendments to independence motion – Yousaf

The SNP leader has put a forward a motion which states winning most Scottish seats in the general election could lead to independence talks.

The Independent UK

Tory titans out to derail Sunak over HS2

PM in crisis as top Conservative revolt over plan to scrap northern leg grows

The Independent UK

Yousaf: The buck ‘stops with me’ if SNP fail to win key by-election

The First Minister and SNP leader conceded his party is facing ‘very difficult circumstances’ in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.

The Independent UK

Lib Dems receive £1m legacy donation boost to election war chest

One source said the donation, which is their biggest since 2019, would be ‘transformational’ to the party’s campaign.

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown in challenge to Keir Starmer over backing Tory benefit policies

GORDON Brown has said the UK’s benefit system is failing to support those living in poverty – in an indirect challenge to Keir Starmer who has…

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - The Palace of Westminster is falling apart and we’ve decided to do... nothing

When I meet a parliamentarian my first question is always: do you know where your nearest fire exit is? Because the Palace of Westminster, built on Thorney Island, an eyot in Thames, is falling apart. Not falling down (though the Victoria Tower leans 22mm to the north-west) but apart.

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Evening Standard

Whip round saves the music at Lib Dem conference karaoke

Meanwhile Lib Dem leader Ed Davey capsized in a kayak in a stunt against sewage

Evening Standard

Labour Party hiring former civil servants ‘in preparation of forming government’

It has reportedly hired more than a dozen former Whitehall staffers as it prepares for a potential election victory

Evening Standard

‘Don’t bank on getting your London weighting if you’re miles away from the office’

London minister Paul Scully leads calls for switch away from working from home - warning a failure to do so may risk the capital losing jobs

The National (Scotland)

SNP challenge Labour to back motion calling for devolution of employment law

SCOTTISH Labour MSPs have been challenged to put workers before their “right-wing London bosses” and support a motion backing the devolution…

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The Independent UK

Lib Dems would hike tax on big firms rather than high earners, Davey suggests

Sir Ed said the Liberal Democrat commitment – dating back to 1992 – to raise income tax by 1p to improve public services is now unsustainable.

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems rule out taxing rich in effort to woo Tory voters

Lib Dem leader says party will target Conservative voters and use energy firms’ profits and banks’ tax breaks to fund NHS

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham: scrapping HS2 would be disaster for north of England

Greater Manchester mayor urges Rishi Sunak to listen to leaders in north before making decision on high-speed rail project

The Guardian - UK

Labour to stand firm on net zero policies and attack cost of Tory retreat

Party will argue green growth is route to lower bills and says Rishi Sunak will leave UK stuck in economic ‘doom loop’

The Independent UK

Sir Ed Davey says Lib Dems will drop key pledge to put penny on income tax

The Liberal Democrats have become the first major party to adopt an early version of its manifesto for a general election expected next year.

The Independent UK

Senior Tories urge Rishi Sunak to back HS2 to Manchester despite cost fears

Former chancellor George Osborne says it would be a ‘gross act of vandalism’ to axe the northern leg of the high-speed network

The Independent UK

Sunak urged to back HS2 to Manchester despite cost fears

Former chancellor George Osborne said it would be a ‘gross act of vandalism’ to axe the northern leg of the high-speed network.

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