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Independence 'back on table' if Holyrood has pro-Yes majority, Scottish Tories admit

INDEPENDENCE will be “back on the table” if Scotland elects a majority of MSPs who oppose the Union at next year’s Holyrood elections, the…

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John Swinney pours cold water on SNP holding 'pro-independence convention'

JOHN Swinney has poured cold water on the idea of a convention of pro-independence parties ahead of the 2026 election, saying his SNP are “just…

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Five more years of Swinney would be ‘catastrophic’ for Scotland, Findlay warns

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay hit out at both the Scottish First Minister John Swinney and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in a speech.

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Reform UK to be Scotland’s second largest party at Holyrood, poll suggests

The Survation survey suggests Nigel Farage’s party will beat the Tories and Labour to become the main opposition at the Scottish Parliament.

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Tories: Labour interested in protecting their own rather than grooming victims

In a heated exchange in the Commons, shadow equalities minister Mims Davies repeated calls for a national public inquiry.

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‘Democratic majority’ of pro-indy MSPs should lead to referendum, says Swinney

The First Minister laid out his views as he gathered together his candidates for next year’s Holyrood election.

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Scotland faces a simple choice in 2026: Swinney or me, says Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader accused the First Minister of wanting to ‘defraud’ the people of Scotland during a speech in Glasgow.

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Incoming football regulator reveals donations to PM’s leadership campaign

David Kogan has been nominated as chairman of the Independent Football Regulator.

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Reform UK: Where did party come from and what are its policies?

Reform’s victory at Runcorn & Helsby has set a new record for the smallest majority at a parliamentary by-election since the end of the Second World War

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Keir Starmer slams Kemi Badenoch as 'climate defeatist' but she says he's 'on another planet' in net zero row

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch was first to raise winter fuel payment cuts, saying her party ‘wouldn’t balance (the public finances) on the back of pensioners’

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Reform set to overtake Scottish Labour in Holyrood, polling finds

REFORM UK are set to overtake Scottish Labour at the next Holyrood election, according to new polling.

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Davey criticises Trump for picking fight with Bond, Bridget Jones and Paddington

The US president said he will impose tariffs ‘on any and all movies coming into our country that are produced in foreign lands’.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer doubles down on Winter Fuel Payment cut

KEIR Starmer has doubled down on cutting winter heating support payments to vulnerable pensioners – despite stinging criticism from within his own…

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Nigel Farage 'isn’t in office but is in power', warns John Swinney

FIRST MINISTER John Swinney has warned that Nigel Farage may not be in office “but he is very much in power,” as he warns that Labour’s…

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Tory Brexiters contradict Badenoch criticism of UK-India trade deal

Senior Conservatives praise deal and say tax exemptions for seconded workers are routine

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No ‘formal relationship’ possible between Plaid and Reform

Plaid Cymru and Reform UK are predicted to be the biggest parties in Wales at the next election.

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‘You can’t do everything at same time’ says minister as Labour under pressure

Sir Keir Starmer has been facing calls to u-turn on his decision to strip winter fuel payments from millions of pensioners.

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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK storms to record poll high as both Labour and the Tories hit six-year low

The latest YouGov survey put Reform on 29%, up three points on last week

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Tory extinction ‘can’t be ruled out’, says Jeremy Hunt – as it happened

Former chancellor says he does not expect the Conservatives to die out as a party but he says it is a possibility

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If the Greens really are to become the Reform-style populists of the left, Zack Polanski could be their man

The deputy leader is challenging for the top job at a time when the party urgently needs to pick up disillusioned leftwing voters, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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‘Government pays!’: hereditary peer faces questions over expenses claim for business trip

Earl of Shrewsbury offers to reimburse taxpayer over use of first-class ticket and his ‘erroneous’ claims

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Louise Haigh says Labour’s ‘unpopular decisions overshadowing the good ones’

Ms Haigh said Labour should ‘properly explore’ a tax on the wealthy as an alternative to ‘cutting money from the people who can least afford it’.

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No 10 ‘completely tone deaf’ on harm caused by winter fuel cut, critics say

Polling finds two-thirds of voters would back a rethink on the policy and would not see it as a sign of weakness

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Tories to publish ‘Deportation Bill’ as party hits out at Labour and Reform

The Conservatives have called for automatic deportation for people entering Britain via unauthorised routes, and an annual cap on migration.

Evening Standard

Former MPs and current SNP Westminster leader standing for Holyrood next May

Stephen Flynn is hoping to win the Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine seat, with a number of former SNP MPs also standing for Holyrood.

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