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SNP offer Keir Starmer 'opportunity to learn by shadowing John Swinney'

KEIR Starmer has been offered the “opportunity to shadow First Minister John Swinney”, which the SNP said would give the Prime Minister to…

The National (Scotland)

The curse of No. 10? Starmer on edge — Why UK keeps losing Prime Ministers

There is a number haunting British politics right now and, oddly enough, it is six and seven (yes like the viral 6-7 meme). Last November, Keir Starmer visited Welland Academy in Peterborough to speak about free school meals when a pupil pointed out they were on page 67 of their…

The Times of India

Peter Murrell embezzled SNP donations – why do so many voters stay loyal to the party?

When historians of Scottish politics come to consider May 2026, two dates will stand out. On May 7, the SNP won almost half of the seats in the Scottish parliamentary election. If its minority administration makes it through the term, the party will have effectively been the government at Holyrood…

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Jeremy Clarkson burns Keir Starmer effigy over Labour farming tax

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The Independent UK

Digested week: Is it pedantic to point out Trump is ‘ending’ a war he started?

Plus, Nicola Sturgeon’s marital relations, the hell of burnout, Tony Blair’s saviour complex and Spurs

The Guardian - UK

UK condemns Russian drone crash in Romania: ‘Extremely dangerous and reckless’

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The Independent UK

Do not hold back any Mandelson documents, Tories tell Starmer as they issue contempt warning

Priti Patel issues warning after concerns raised that the government is redacting more information than was initially agreed

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Jeremy Clarkson burns Keir Starmer effigy after farming tax controversy

In ‘Clarkson’s Farm’ season five, an effigy of the PM is set ablaze on top of a bonfire

The Independent UK

Sunak is right that our students need financial literacy – but that shouldn’t mean yet more maths

Education should prepare young people for dealing not only with practical things such as insurance, pensions and taxes but also with tech and mental health, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Evidence backing under-16 social media ban limited, Children’s Commissioner says

Nicola Killean, the Children and Young People’s Commissioner for Scotland, responded to a UK Government consultation on the issue.

Evening Standard

Labour faces union backlash after minister says living wage extension to over-18s not certain before election – as it happened

Torsten Bell says Labour manifesto ‘did not set out the timeline’ for changes to living wage after scale of youth unemployment crisis revealed in Milburn report

The Guardian - UK

Darren Jones says Westminster must get better at governing for a world with AI

Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, described a ‘challenge of speed’ which lawmakers are grappling with.

Evening Standard

Morning Mail: Hanson and Joyce’s cruise ship claims, Netanyahu’s Gaza order, Sinner wilts in Paris

One Nation figures billed taxpayers for going to private events on board luxury cruise ship; Israeli army to seize ‘70%’ of strip in breach of ceasefire

The Guardian - AU

Keir Starmer defends approach to AI and energy in response to Tony Blair’s essay

The Prime Minister penned an almost 3,000-word-long post published to Substack on Thursday, responding to Sir Tony Blair’s essay.

Evening Standard

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The National (Scotland)

Three devolved governments. Three paths to independence

THERE hasn’t been much to excite or inspire Scotland’s independence movement in the last few years

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer defends policy choices in rebuttal of Blair’s criticism

PM says predecessor misunderstands government’s successes and ‘very different’ situation compared with 1997

The Independent UK

Life for Britons is much harder than it used to be – and Blair has ignored that, says Burnham

The party’s most successful former leader and prime minister has issued a scathing indictment of Labour

The Independent UK

Blair is wrong about my government, Starmer says, as he hits back over Labour criticism

Prime minister ‘doesn’t agree with much’ of Sir Tony Blair’s scathing 5,700-word essay

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The Independent UK

Starmer says he is ‘vindicated’ by change in rebuff to Blair criticism

The former Labour prime minister launched a scathing attack on Sir Keir and his Government earlier this week.

The Guardian - UK

Burnham steps back from past calls to end immigration benefits restriction

Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate understood to have changed stance on no recourse to public funds policy

Evening Standard

Greens take control of another London council as Zack Polanski's party forms coalition with Lib Dems

Labour lost control of the borough for the first time in 16 years in a devestating set of local elections for the party on May 7

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney on what next for independence as UK Government rejects vote

JOHN Swinney has said he is looking at a “range of tactics” to “make it impossible” for the UK Government to refuse handing Scotland the…

The Independent UK

Starmer ‘urged to reconsider North Sea drilling’ amid rising oil costs

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Evening Standard

Milburn backs Blair’s criticism of policies affecting entry-level jobs

The author of a review of youth unemployment suggested the current Government should rethink an uplift in the minimum wage.

The Independent UK

Starmer ‘facing calls to rethink approach to North Sea drilling’ as oil prices spiral

While Sir Keir has argued that new drilling in the North Sea would not reduce domestic oil prices because they are set internationally, some ministers and industry figures are now thought to be challenging this claim

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