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Farmers set for tractor protest as Government says its support is ‘steadfast’

MPs will hear from farming leaders and the Government will publish a report on food security on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2024

MSPs to vote on ending dual mandates at Holyrood next week

Holyrood is expected to vote next week to prevent MSPs from also sitting as MPs, ending the practice known as “double jobbing”.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 10, 2024

Angus MacNeil: Alba can make political breakthrough without Alex Salmond

THE rise of Reform UK and the sudden fall of Labour in the polls shows Alba can be electorally successful despite the death of Alex Salmond, former…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 8, 2024

Labour drop to third place in shock new poll as support plummets

LABOUR have dropped to third place in a shock new Westminster poll ...

The National (Scotland) · Dec 5, 2024

Stephen Flynn unites with Westminster opposition to demand Labour act for Waspi women

OPPOSITION leaders across Westminster have joined forces to demand that the Labour Government stick to their promise to compensate women…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 5, 2024

SNP accuse Scottish Labour of 'distancing' themselves from UK party

THE SNP has accused Labour in Scotland of “distancing” itself from the Westminster party over winter fuel allowance cuts ...

The National (Scotland) · Dec 4, 2024

Challenge to Starmer as SNP pledges to scrap two child benefit limit in Scotland

Scottish finance secretary Shona Robison, who also plans to reintroduce winter fuel payments for all pensioners north of the border, said her party would act where Labour had not

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2024

SNP accuses Labour in Scotland of ‘distancing’ itself from Westminster party

Stephen Gethins asked Scottish Secretary Ian Murray if his party’s message north of the border is that voters should elect Labour ‘to stop Labour’.

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2024

Parties, cabinet and families split – and assisted dying bill still has a long way to go

The granular detail of Kim Leadbeater’s bill for England and Wales is yet to be agreed, and some MPs want reassurances before finally backing it

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2024

The most infuriating thing isn’t that Wales is treated as a non-country – it’s that we accept it

From the the Barnett formula to the humiliation of having an English ‘Prince of Wales’, you’d never catch Scotland allowing this treatment, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2024