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REFORM UK’s threat to companies over clean energy contracts is “sabotaging” Scotland’s renewables industry, John Swinney has said.

Labour’s manifesto committed the party to lowering the voting age for parliamentary elections.

Durham is thought to be first UK local authority to rescind its statement, in a move condemned as a ‘very dark day’

The Reform leader is trying to import Doge’s cuts to spending and ‘DEI’. It’s clear what he gets out of it – not so much the British voter, says author Samuel Earle

COMMENT: First it was maternity leave, then the gender pay gap – does the Leader of the Opposition actually care about women and families at all, asks Ava Vidal

COMMENT: The former health secretary Sajid Javid says we should charge £20 for GP appointments and replace the health service with a Dutch-style social insurance system – just as Wes Streeting warns the doctors that they are paving the way for Nigel Farage to do just that, writes John Rentoul

Growing number of campaigners urge government to ensure green investment is not done ‘on backs of the poor’

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana plan to launch a new political party, hoping to unite Britain’s fractured left.

Ex-home secretary questions Farage party’s sales pitch and says councils could struggle if they mismanage key services