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SNP calls for inquiry into Trident security after Joani Reid reports

The party wants an probe after the Labour MP, whose husband is accused of spying for China, allegedly behaved inappropriately with Navy officers.

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Swinney condemns ‘absurdity’ of Mandelson remaining in House of Lords

The Scottish First Minister spoke out as the SNP at Westminster prepared to table a Bill seeking to remove the former minister’s peerage.

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Westminster ‘sleepwalking into’ Scottish deindustrialisation – Stephen Flynn

Stephen Flynn criticised the Government’s decision not to step in, as the Fife Ethylene Plant winds down.

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'We need to get rid of it': SNP MP blasts Chancellor plans to 'taper' two-child cap

CHILDREN should “not be put in tiers”, an SNP MP has said, following reports that the Chancellor is considering a “tapered” approach to…

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Keir Starmer called out for failing to acknowledge genocide in Gaza during speech

Keir Starmer has been called out for failing to acknowledge the genocide in Gaza during his speech to the Labour party conference.

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Anas Sarwar urged to ‘come clean’ after Labour MSP Foysol Choudhury suspended

Mr Choudhury, who was elected to Holyrood in 2021, has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation.

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Bid to scrap two-child benefit cap supported by MPs

The SNP’s Kirsty Blackman branded the two-child benefit cap ‘cruel’.

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'Shameful': One million working families hit by two-child benefit cap

ONE million children in working families will be hit by the two-child benefit cap, figures have revealed, as the SNP is set to force a vote on…

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Labour MPs urged to 'send Keir Starmer a message' over two-child cap vote

LABOUR MPs have been urged to “send Keir Starmer a message” by backing a bill to remove the two-child benefit cap ...

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SNP to force vote to scrap two-child benefit cap as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer

THE SNP are set to force a vote on scrapping the two-child benefit cap, putting further pressure on Keir Starmer’s Government ...

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SNP to force Commons vote on scrapping two-child benefit cap

Labour has faced consistent calls to scrap the limit since the party came to power last year.

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Keir Starmer told keeping two-child cap is 'ultimate betrayal' after welfare U-turn

KEIR Starmer has been warned that keeping the two-child benefit cap would be the “ultimate betrayal” following reports that the Labour…

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Changes to UK disability cuts will cost billions, Liz Kendall tells MPs

CHANGES to the UK Government’s welfare reforms will cost around £2.5 billion in 2029/30, the Work and Pensions Secretary has said.

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Lisa Nandy 'either dishonest or ignorant' after benefits cuts claim

A LABOUR minister has been accused being “wholly ignorant” about her party’s benefits cuts or being “dishonest” with the public after a…

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'Tipping point': MPs demand more help for North Sea workers in just transition

MPs have demanded more help from the Labour Government for North Sea workers during the transition away from oil and gas ...

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UK Government warned not to 'push more families into hardship', at poverty summit

THE UK Government has been warned not to “push even more families into hardship” by imposing austerity cuts, ahead of a poverty summit at…

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SNP MP denies 'talent drain' with more than 20 party MSPs to quit in 2026

THERE is a “huge amount of talent” among proposed SNP candidates for next year’s Holyrood election despite a raft of resigning MSPs ...

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SNP proposed candidates for Holyrood election show ‘huge’ talent, says Blackman

Former health secretary Michael Matheson is the latest MSP to announce he will not stand next year.

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Keir Starmer should apologise to disabled people over cuts uncertainty, says SNP

The SNP has suggested Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer “should apologise” to disabled people for “allowing damaging speculation to run wild”…

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Starmer should apologise to disabled people over cuts uncertainty, says SNP

Kirsty Blackman MP said any planned cuts to disability payments should be scrapped.

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Labour accused of 'all-out assault on people with disabilities' amid welfare cuts

The UK Government has been accused of leading “an all-out assault on people with disabilities” amid reports it plans to make £6 billion in…

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Rachel Reeves accused of 'punching down on society's poorest' over welfare cuts

RACHEL Reeves has been accused of “punching down” on some of the poorest in society after she signalled her plans to cut the social security…

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Anas Sarwar urged to 'come clean' over Scottish Labour feud on two-child benefit cap

ANAS Sarwar has been urged to “come clean” after he faced questions over his involvement in the silencing of a senior Labour MSP who spoke out…

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Labour to plunge record number of children into poverty, think tank warns

LABOUR’S proposed benefits cuts will take child poverty to levels not seen for nearly 30 years, experts have warned.

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SNP MP in bid to end 400-year-old Westminster 'tradition'

AN SNP MP is seeking to ban the more than 400-year-old practice of opening the day in the House of Commons with prayers.

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