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At the last local election, Labour held onto their seat by just 12 votes

Turnout at council elections in Scotland is usually much lower than Holyrood or Westminster contests but politicians are urging the public to make their voices heard.

Lance O’Connor was convicted at Westminster Magistrates’ Court of harassing Hove MP Peter Kyle in Parliament Square, central London, last October.

The voters’ backlash on Thursday is all but sealed. In local council elections across London and large swathes of the country, the Government will pay a price, not only for cost of living hikes and Covid miscalculations, but also for a torrent of damaging revelations about a new era of…

Shadow minister Peter Kyle, 51, told Westminster Magistrates’ Court that he felt ‘chilled’ and ‘threatened’.

Vapes were among items seized in raids by trading standards (Yui Mok/PA)

EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with the Daily Record's Political Editor Paul Hutcheon, Sturgeon also spoke about the cost of living crisis and indyref2.

In her Daily Record column, MP Alison Thewliss says the SNP-led council in the city should be re-relected.

Record View says that it’s a sad reality that all politicians can expect a degree of abuse online – but women do seem to get it worse.