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John Swinney elected First Minister in first vote of new Scottish parliament

JOHN Swinney has been elected First Minister of Scotland ...

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Labour MSP rolls back on call for 'defeat' of Israel after pressure

SCOTTISH Labour have suggested they will not suspend one of their newly elected MSPs after calls for action from a body representing Scotland’s…

The National (Scotland)

Andy Burnham announced as Labour candidate for Makerfield by-election

The decision sets up a contest between Mr Burnham and Reform UK’s Robert Kenyon, a local plumber who contested the seat for the party in 2024.

Evening Standard

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Andy Burnham confirmed as Labour’s candidate in Makerfield by-election

Andy Burnham will be Labour’s candidate in the Makerfield by-election, the party has announced

The National (Scotland)

Reform candidate in Scottish by-election blasted over 'satanic trash' comment

REFORM UK’s candidate in a forthcoming Scottish by-election has been condemned over comments in which she described actors as “satanic…

The National (Scotland)

Date confirmed for Westminster by-election to fill Stephen Flynn's former seat

THE date of the by-election in Stephen Flynn’s former Westminster seat has been confirmed ...

The National (Scotland)

Inside the dirty tricks campaigns trying to stop Andy Burnham in race for No 10

NEWS ANALYSIS: As the phantom leadership contest rumbles on ahead of a by-election in Makerfield, political editor David Maddox looks at the dirty tricks campaigns being unleashed by Labour MPs to stop Andy Burnham making it into No 10

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Malcolm Offord put under investigation by Scottish charity watchdog

Malcolm Offord is under investigation by the Scottish charity regulator over the trust he previously vowed to donate his MSP salary to ...

The National (Scotland)

Tuesday briefing: After an historic shift in power, where might Plaid Cymru go next?

In today’s newsletter: Labour has been decimated, Reform has taken up the official opposition, and the Senedd has expanded massively – taking the country’s new leadership into uncharted waters

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham vows to ‘change Labour’ in direct challenge to Keir Starmer

Expected candidate in Makerfield byelection says party ‘needs to change if we are to regain people’s trust’

The Guardian - UK

Farage claim he bought £1.4m house with I’m a Celebrity fee under scrutiny

Accounts for Reform UK leader’s media company suggest money was not withdrawn at time of property purchase

The Guardian - UK

Greens split over how hard to challenge Burnham in Makerfield byelection

Some in party fear all-out campaign could boost Reform’s chances but others say it is not Greens’ job to help Labour

The Guardian - UK

Even if the UK changes prime minister, voters now expect to hear the language of populism

Beyond the high drama surrounding the Makerfield by-election and the contest to be the UK prime minister lies a more fundamental battle. It is the struggle between the incremental pragmatism of mainstream politics and the magical thinking of populism.

The Conversation

Revealed: The Facebook accounts using AI to promote fake ‘good news’ stories about politicians

Exclusive: Posts which ‘weaponise empathy’ are garnering hundreds of thousands of reactions online – as fact checkers warn false narratives are being ‘churned out at an industrial scale’

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Starmer: I’ll back Labour Makerfield by-election choice 100% – whoever they are

The Prime Minister said he would support the contender ‘whoever they are’ to see off the threat from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

Evening Standard

Calls for Southbank chairman to quit over 'divisive' social media posts

Misan Harriman has caused controversy for posts which have been criticised by Jewish organisations and senior political figures

The Independent UK

Voices: Starmer, Burnham, Streeting or Rayner? Tell us who should lead Labour into the next general election

POLL: With Labour descending into fresh infighting over Brexit, leadership manoeuvring and fears of a growing threat from Nigel Farage and Reform UK, our latest poll asks readers who they believe should shape the party’s future

The Independent UK

Could the UK rejoin the EU — and how would it work?

How exactly would Britain rejoin the EU? Here, The Independent takes a look at the process for doing so, and how easy (or difficult) it would be to get the public on side

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The Independent UK

‘Do deal with Reform to beat Burnham in by-election’, Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Tories

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Tories should make pact with Reform in bid to defeat Burnham in by-election, Jacob Rees-Mogg suggests

Former Tory cabinet minister says the two parties should ‘work together in the national interest’ – but Kemi Badenoch has ruled out the move

Evening Standard

Starmer ‘fights on’ with no timetable for departure, Lammy says

The Prime Minister’s deputy David Lammy said Labour would lose the next general election if infighting continued.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer is not setting out timetable for his departure, says David Lammy

Deputy PM’s comments come as Starmer says he will back Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate ‘100%’

Euronews

Newsletter: Brexit thrust to centre of UK's Labour leadership showdown

Also in this newsletter: Spanish conservatives win Andalusia regional elections but will likely rely on far-right to govern, in a vote seen as litmus test of Spain's wider politics.

Evening Standard

Starmer’s Government returns to Westminster amid leadership rivals’ Brexit row

Reform UK, which is the second placed party in Makerfield, plans to make hay out of Mr Burnham’s historic support for rejoining the EU.

The Guardian - UK

‘It was always the way to vote Labour here’: party’s proud Welsh heartland makes a clean break of it

Labour’s sometime safest seat in the UK, birthplace of Aneurin Bevan and Neil Kinnock, last week sent no Labour delegates to the new Senedd

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