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How the Tories wrecked the economy in seven days

IT took Liz Truss’s Government just under a month to see the value of the pound drop to historic lows, the Bank of England being forced to step in…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2022

Liz Truss's Tories plot return to austerity with 'no mandate whatsoever'

LIZ Truss has been told she has “no mandate whatsoever” to impose a new wave of austerity in order to fund her sweeping tax cuts for the rich.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 1, 2022

Keir Starmer can lock the imploding Tories out for a decade – if he gets the message right

Labour has a brief window to sear a narrative into the public’s mind, so the Conservatives are saddled with this crisis for years, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2022

'What criticism?': Tory MSP claims he never heard of IMF attack on UK tax cuts

THE Scottish Tories have backed the UK Government’s tax cuts despite an extraordinary intervention from the International Monetary Fund and the…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 28, 2022

Starmer: Labour will make no election deal with SNP under any circumstances

The Labour leader said the SNP greeted Scotland’s success in the UK with ‘gritted teeth’.

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Labour hire former Michael Gove adviser in bid to co-opt 'levelling up' strategy

THE man tasked by Michael Gove with fashioning the Tories’ “levelling up” strategy has been hired by Labour to do the same thing.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 27, 2022

Keir Starmer claims Labour is party of 'sound money' as Tories send the pound plummeting

Starmer will use his conference speech today to drive home the message that the Tories cannot be trusted to run the economy.

Daily Record · Sep 27, 2022

Starmer takes aim at Tories as Labour buoyed by promising poll

The Labour leader will quote Sir Tony Blair to dub his party the ‘political wing of the British people’.

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022

Labour pledges thousands more doctors, nurses and midwives by restoring 45p tax rate

Rachel Reeves says billions saved will deliver ‘one of the biggest expansions of NHS workforce in history‘ – in clear dividing line with Tories

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022

'Absolute disgrace': Martin Compston slams Tory tax cuts for the super-wealthy

MARTIN Compston has ripped into the Tories’ mini-Budget which hands huge tax cuts to the super-rich and praised the Scottish Government’s higher…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 23, 2022