17 h. ago ‘Lateness’ of UK Budget ‘entirely undesirable’, says Swinney

The First Minister was speaking after Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she will outline her fiscal plans in the Commons on November 26.

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18 h. ago Angela Rayner's autistic sons traumatic birth and courageous fight growing up

Deputy PM Angela Rayner has spoken of the difficulties she's faced as a mother of a child with lifelong disabilities, and her eldest son Charlie has defied the odds.

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23 h. ago Macron says ‘Coalition of the Willing’ will finalise ‘robust’ Ukrainian security guarantees – Europe live

Leaders who are gathered in Paris are expected to speak to Donald Trump this afternoonThe Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof is next.Belgium’s Bart de Wever, Finland’s Alexander Stubb, and the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa are the first leaders arriving at the Élysée Palace, welcomed by Macron on the doorstep. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Angela Rayner fighting for her political future over stamp duty row as senior minister speaks out

The Deputy Prime Minister admitted she didn't pay enough tax

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24 h. ago Angela Rayner fights for her political life: Ethics probe could seal her fate within days

She received £162,500 from a trust fund set up to care for 17-year-old Charlie, who was born prematurely.

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25 h. ago Angela Rayner on the brink: Pressure piles on Deputy PM over flat tax error amid new revelation

Deputy Prime Minister fighting for political future after revealing she paid too little stamp duty after receiving incorrect legal advice

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34 h. ago Angela Rayner fights for future as Deputy PM after £800,000 stamp duty row

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner faces a battle to stay in her role after an £800,000 Hove flat row emerged as your Daily Star offers readers a FREE badge in today's paper (September 4)

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37 h. ago Angela Rayner fights for political survival after property tax admission

Deputy prime minister faces hefty stamp duty bill as she waits for government ethics adviser to rule on affair

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38 h. ago Angela Rayner faces calls to resign as she admits not paying enough tax on flat purchase

Deputy Prime Minister fighting for political future after revealing she paid too little stamp duty after receiving incorrect legal advice

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5 d. ago Investigation launched into ‘horrific murder’ of Ukrainian politician in Lviv

Former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy shot dead as EU ministers meet to discuss measures to force Moscow to the negotiating tableA Ukrainian former parliamentary speaker was shot dead in Lviv on Saturday, authorities said, as European foreign ministers met to discuss increasing pressure on Moscow to end its war against Ukraine.Andriy Parubiy, a member of parliament who served as parliamentary speaker from 2016 to 2019 and a key figure in Ukraine’s 2013 pro-European Maidan revolution, was shot dead, prosecutors said. A murder investigation has been launched and the president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, condemned the killing as a “horrific murder”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago All but one EU states demand Russia ‘stop the killing’ in Ukraine as Zelenskyy urges Monday deadline for Putin meeting – Europe live

EU member states, except Hungary, sign joint statement calling out Russia’s disregard for international lawEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is in Latvia today, and has been speaking to the media in the last few minutes.Speaking alongside Latvia’s prime minister Evika Siliņa, she praised the country’s work on becoming “a true drone and anti drone powerhouse” in Europe, contributing to Nato’s security in the region bordering with Russia.We know that Europe is only safe if the eastern border is safe.“The risks your country and the other Baltic States warned us about, unfortunately, have materialised. Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine is now in its fourth year, Putin is a predator, Putin’s proxies have been targeting our societies for years with hybrid attacks, with cyber-attacks, [and] the weaponising of migrants is another example.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ukraine condemns Woody Allen for speaking at a Russian film festival

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry condemned Woody Allen for speaking at a Russian film festival, calling his participation in the event “a disgrace and an insult” to the victims of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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3 w. ago Sturgeon tells of fresh abuse in ‘toxic’ trans rights debate

The former Scottish first minister was speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Thursday.

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3 w. ago Spain wildfires are ‘clear warning’ of climate emergency, minister says

Environment minister says blazes are proof of country’s vulnerability to global heating as fires burn across EuropeThe heatwave-fuelled wildfires that have killed two people in Spain over recent days, devouring thousands of hectares of land and forcing thousands of people from their homes, are a “clear warning” of the impact of the climate emergency, the country’s environment minister has said.Speaking on Wednesday morning, as firefighters in Spain, Greece and other Mediterranean countries continued to battle dozens of blazes, Sara Aagesen said the 14 wildfires still burning across seven Spanish regions were further proof of the country’s particular vulnerability to global heating. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UK should not follow down Biden’s ‘dark path’ on free speech, says Vance

The US vice president was speaking as part of a meeting with UK Foreign Minister David Lammy.

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4 w. ago I push Keir Starmer to be more extroverted in Scotland – Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader said he speaks to the Prime Minister every two or three weeks.

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