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SNP to force Commons vote on Waspi compensation

THE SNP are set to force a vote in the House of Commons demanding the Labour UK Government offers compensation to Waspi women ...

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Labour MPs in lose-lose-lose scenario amid Waspi payout vote push

SCOTTISH Labour MPs are set to find themselves in a tight spot next week if the SNP succeed in forcing a vote on compensation for Waspi women.

The National (Scotland)

Waspi compensation calls could face symbolic Commons vote

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn hopes to introduce a Bill to the Commons that would require ministers to outline a compensation scheme.

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Westminster says it has ‘no plans’ for bespoke migration policy for Scotland

The First Minister wants to see a scheme put in place to allow overseas students to remain in Scotland after graduating.

Evening Standard

Stormont Executive ‘could be £100m short to deal with national insurance rise’

Finance Minister Caoimhe Archibald sounded the alarm while appearing before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

Evening Standard

Swinney: I would work with Westminster on bespoke migration policy for Scotland

The First Minister wants to see a scheme put in place to allow overseas students to remain in Scotland after graduating.

Evening Standard

MSPs vote unanimously for Waspi women compensation

MSPs have voted unanimously to call for the UK Government to compensate Waspi women.

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Farage claims chance he could be PM within four years is up to 25% – as it happened

Reform UK leader, who is in the US for Trump’s inauguration, says early election is ‘not impossible’

The Guardian - UK

Want to know the future of British politics? Look to Wales for a grim warning

With a struggling Labour government, the Tories fading and Reform on the rise, next year’s Senedd elections may show what’s coming for the wider UK, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

The Guardian - UK

Alba face first leadership contest – but can they survive without Alex Salmond?

KENNY MacAskill’s decision to contest the Alba leadership against Ash Regan triggers the party’s first leadership election in its five years of…

The National (Scotland)

Remain is in the past, rejoining EU is ‘Scotland’s best hope’, Swinney to say

The First Minister will stress the need for migration in Scotland due to the ageing population.

Evening Standard

Are the young really so down on democracy?

Letters: The trend for young people to express support for ‘strongmen’ dictators is alarming but seems to be waning, writes Dr Craig Reeves, while Derrick Joad says democracy has failed them and Jane Ghosh is glad she won’t be around for a 1930s rerun

The Guardian - UK

Labour face rebellion as seven MSPs back North Sea jobs campaign against Westminster

KEIR Starmer and Anas Sarwar are facing a rebellion after seven Labour MSPs backed a campaign calling on Westminster to support oil and gas jobs in…

The National (Scotland)

Who is Torsten Bell? The new pensions minister pegged as Britain's future chancellor

From being one half of Britain’s most influential political twin duo, to his role in the infamous ‘EdStone’, Emma Loffhagen reports on Torsten Bell, the former think tank director promoted to pensions minister

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MP calls for Stuart Hogg to be stripped of MBE after admitting domestic abuse

Hogg was sentenced to a community payback order with one year of supervision after he admitted abusing his estranged wife.

The Guardian - UK

Met police investigating alleged spiking at bar in parliamentary estate

A woman claimed her drink was spiked on 7 January in Stranger’s Bar, within Palace of Westminster

Evening Standard

The London boroughs with the highest crime rates

Westminster’s numerous tourists, busy nightlife and in many cases wealthy residents are factors behind it having the most reported crimes in London

Evening Standard

'We must make a stand': Roving team of council officers to crackdown on yob behaviour in Westminster

Westminster council leader Adam Hug said the new unit will ‘hold to account those who do not respect our city’

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The National (Scotland)

Are we getting the messaging wrong on Scottish independence?

Pre-Christmas I published a poll that made The National’s front page with the headline “Breakthrough 66 per cent support for Yes - Poll…

Evening Standard

It is morally wrong not to open safer drug consumption room, says councillor

Allan Casey said ‘all eyes are on Glasgow’ as the UK’s first safer drug consumption room opens its doors.

The National (Scotland)

Westminster committee announces Glasgow safer drugs space probe – on day it opens

THE Labour-led Scottish Affairs Committee has announced it will be launching an inquiry into Glasgow’s safer drugs consumption room, which opened…

The National (Scotland)

Campaign to protect tartan needs to be 'approved' by Westminster

A MILL’S campaign to protect tartan woven in the Highlands has been told the Scottish Government does not have the powers to safeguard it and that…

The Guardian - UK

Terry Davis obituary

Conscientious Labour MP for 28 years who later focused on an international career as secretary general of the Council of Europe

The Guardian - UK

Grooming, Shipman, Chilcot: for all the post-inquiry ‘never agains’, the default is inaction

Elon Musk’s pot stirring over child sex abuse gangs has renewed focus on the issue, but why was so little done after the IICSA report in 2022?

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Labour must set out dividing line with UK party, experts say

SCOTTISH Labour must set out clearer dividing lines between themselves and UK Labour if Anas Sarwar wants to succeed at the Holyrood election next…

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