32 h. ago Your Party plunged into fresh chaos as MP quits over ‘persistent infighting’

Adnan Hussain said on Friday he would step out of the ‘steering process’ for the new party

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32 h. ago Corbyn and Sultana's Your Party Feud: What happened and what comes next?

Infighting disrupts Your Party's rise as Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana clash

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5 d. ago Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations

Clash the latest in months of political infighting between the camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah SultanaThe feud between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana over the future of the leftwing Your Party has taken another twist with the two camps arguing publicly over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations.Sultana offered to transfer £600,000 from a company the party’s founders set up earlier this year, only to be rebuffed by allies of Corbyn who accused her of playing “political games” with supporters’ money. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Badenoch warns of ‘oil and gas emergency’ in call for new drilling

The Conservative leader travelled to the north-east of Scotland to launch her party’s new campaign to end the moratorium on new oil and gas licences.

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1 week ago British leftwingers elated by Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York, with some saying election has lessons for Labour – UK politics live

Sadiq Khan, Zack Polanski and Zarah Sultana among figures on the left praising the mayor-elect as they look at potential blueprint for elections in UKLibby Brooks is the Guardian’s Scotland correspondent.Scotland’s finance secretary Shona Robison has called for “urgent engagement” with the UK chancellor after Rachel Reeves flagged up the prospect of tax rises yesterday.We are calling on the UK government’s autumn budget to deliver more funding for those public services, infrastructure, and cost of living support – including by abolishing the two-child limit in universal credit.Scotland has been short-changed in the past, and we must not be left as an afterthought in the UK government’s budget. Under the current arrangements Scotland has to wait and see what impact the chancellor’s decisions will have for us.Recently the chancellor admitted that Brexit has damaged the economy. Brexit has had a hugely negative impact on public spending, reducing the available investment for public ser...

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1 week ago Former Your Party members still waiting for fees to be refunded

Zarah Sultana has told her co-founder Jeremy Corbyn that she will transfer most of the money to the upstart party

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1 week ago Head of UK’s largest union says she doesn’t know if Starmer will remain Labour leader after May

Prime minister facing disastrous elections in Scotland, Wales and England next year as his party trails Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the polls

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2 w. ago Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell says party can still win in Scotland by uniting against hate

Lucy Powell insists Labour can turn around the polls with a clearer sense of values and "whose side we are on".

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3 w. ago Expect more defections to Your Party in Scotland, Zarah Sultana says

The Your Party co-leader said she was in active talks with Scots politicians and hopes to make an announcement ‘very soon’.

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3 w. ago Alba probed by police over ‘irregularities’ in finances of late Alex Salmond’s party

COPS are probing the finances of the party set up by Alex Salmond amid claims surrounding the fate of more than £50,000, it emerged today. Detectives are investigating alleged financial “irregularities” within Alba after bitter infighting ended in a report to Police Scotland. Insiders said the claims concern around £50,000 of party funds, including whether...

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3 w. ago Councillors defect from Greens to become first Your Party representatives in Scotland

Seonad Hoy, Dan Hutchison and Leòdhas Massie announced they will form a group on Glasgow City Council

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3 w. ago Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana set for a new battle to control Your Party as it postpones idea of them being joint leaders for at least TWO YEARS following summer of infighting

Ms Sultana announced she would be co-leading the new hard-Left outfit alongside the 76-year-old veteran when she left Labour earlier this year.

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