7 h. ago Keir Starmer: Do not vote for 'dangerous' politics of Nigel Farage

The Prime Minister will urge voters to back a Labour government in Holyrood when he comes to Glasgow.

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16 h. ago Labour told to ‘deliver fast’ or risk losing support to Farage’s Reform UK

Roz Foyer, the general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, said voters are losing faith in traditional parties.

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24 h. ago How BBC Scotland's Debate Night has revealed the big shifts in public opinion over last six years

Debate Night audiences were angry with the Conservatives about Brexit, then the SNP over its achievements in government and now Labour

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28 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: We CAN pay for a rapid rebuild of our military might

Pax Americana, which has successfully guaranteed the security of Europe, including our own dear islands, since the end of WW2, is dead, killed by Donald Trump's callous indifference.

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49 h. ago Scottish Labour must break from the Tory economic status quo

Writing in the Daily Record ahead of Scottish Labour conference, Communication Workers Union Scottish Secretary Craig Anderson says his members are furious about the Labour Government's start.

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49 h. ago A Scottish Labour Government will cut wasteful spending and get value for money

Writing in the Daily Record, Labour MSP Michael Marra says Scottish Labour will provide a new direction at its conference in Glasgow this weekend.

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53 h. ago Google, Meta and the rest of US Big Tech are the robber barons of our age. Now, incredibly, a Labour Government is planning to help them pull off the theft of the century: ANDREW NEIL

Labour wants to give American Big Tech the right to hoover up the copyrighted creations of Britain's biggest brands - without paying a bean.

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58 h. ago Transport for London faces £23m 'hammering' amid National Insurance hike

Sir Sadiq Khan’s chief of staff admitted that the Labour Government has ‘not provided as much money as we would have hoped for’

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3 d. ago Meta and Google opt out of Sydney Mardi Gras amid move away from DEI in US

Former sponsors walk away from 2025 event – while organisers say they do not meet partnership requirementsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGoogle and Meta do not meet the requirements to partner with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, the organisation has said, after the two tech giants ended their official involvement and ditched diversity obligations in the US.At the 47th annual Mardi Gras parade up Oxford Street next Saturday, a notable absence will be the two tech firms, previously event sponsors.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Grandmother says suspended Labour MP called her 'hag' in vile WhatsApp group

Grandmother Elaine Cole said the suspended Labour MP and former government minister Andrew Gwynne described her as a 'hag' in the controversial WhatsApp group 'Trigger Me Timbers'

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4 d. ago Anas Sarwar speaks of 'robust' conversations with Keir Starmer after difficult start for Labour Government

EXCLUSIVE: Sarwar also said leader also said the Scottish people are his "boss", not the Prime Minister.

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4 d. ago Anas Sarwar promises to abolish peak rail fares and signals income tax cuts for Scots

EXCLUSIVE: In the run to his party conference, the Scottish Labour leader said a Government led by him would axe the two-tier rail pricing system that clobbers commuters.

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4 d. ago Swinney pledges extra £25m for Grangemouth and calls for matched funding

The First Minister said the Labour Government must ‘do what it said it would do before the election’.

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4 d. ago Nigel Farage says Tories ‘not on the right in any measurable way’ and calls Labour government ‘miserable’ – UK politics live

Leader of Reform UK criticises Conservatives and ‘declinist’ Labour government in new attacksGood morning, defence secretary John Healey has finished speaking, so I can take a quick pause and actually welcome you to our rolling coverage of UK politics for Tuesday. Here are the headlines Defence secretary John Healey has announced what he described as the most significant defence reform for 50 years, in which reporting lines and budgets will be simplified, and a new “quad” of four senior leaders reporting directly to the minister appointedHealy said there were extraordinary people in the UK’s defence forces, but too often they were hampered by process, and there was a lack of direct accountability. He suggested his changes might bring about up to £10bn in savings to the taxpayer over the next decadeTransport secretary Heidi Alexander has said the UK should not rule out sending troops to Ukraine as part of any future peacekeeping forceThe rate of UK unemployment remained unchanged at ...

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5 d. ago Why Labour's popularity soared in Scotland – until the party actually got into power at Westminster

One of Anas Sarwar’s biggest problems is the reality of life under the UK Labour government

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5 d. ago Labour Government's delivery 'will turn the polls around', claims Ian Murray

The Scottish Secretary was speaking after a poll predicted the party’s worst result in Scotland since devolution.

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5 d. ago Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey on interest rates, inflation, energy prices and labour force data

Andrew Bailey spoke about his approach to interest rates on a visit to Wales

Economics

6 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: This is a watershed in Europe's history. For decades we have lavished billions on welfare and sent the bill for our defence to America

President Macron will host an emergency summit of European leaders in Paris today in an attempt to marshal a united response to the defence and security crisis now engulfing Europe.

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