27 h. ago Dricus Du Plessis says ‘two dates’ agreed for blockbuster Khamzat Chimaev showdown

The UFC middleweight champion and Chimaev have traded barbs on social media; all that remains is for the pair to trade blows in the cage

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46 h. ago 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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47 h. ago Political row over West Lothian nursery closures as SNP say blame lies with Labour

The council’s opposition SNP said the blame for the controversial decision lies “squarely with the Labour /Tory administration.”

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48 h. ago 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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48 h. ago John Swinney trying to make Holyrood election about 'bogeyman' Nigel Farage

Anas Sarwar used a speech to tell Scots they faced a "stark choice" between Labour and the SNP at next year's Holyrood election.

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48 h. ago PMQs: Starmer under fire from Tories, Lib Dems and SNP on winter fuel payment cuts and net zero

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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4 d. ago Rise of Reform UK 'good news' for John Swinney and the SNP but bad for Labour

Professor John Curtice said the SNP stood to benefit most in Scotland from Reform's arrival on the political scene.

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4 d. ago Donald Trump hits movies made in the UK with 100% tariffs: Blow to Britain's film industry as President turns up trade war to save 'dying' Hollywood

Incentive programmes for years have influenced where movies are shot, increasingly driving film production out of California and to other states and countries with favourable tax incentives.

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4 d. ago Swinney says there is a ‘very real possibility’ Farage could be UK’s next PM

Scotland’s First Minister said he is ‘fearful of what lies ahead’ as he condemned the ‘alien values that Nigel Farage is peddling’.

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5 d. ago Trump blows off trade war recession fears: ‘Everything’s ok’

President says U.S. economy will undergo ‘transition period’

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7 d. ago Reform UK are set to hand the SNP a fifth term at Holyrood by damaging Scottish Labour

Daily Record Political Editor Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the ramifications for Holyrood of Reform UK's success are seismic.

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7 d. ago SNP open up 14 point lead on Scottish Labour in latest Holyrood election poll

The Survation poll was on behalf of Edinburgh-based research agency Diffley Partnership.

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8 d. ago Stephen Flynn mocks Labour by urging Keir Starmer to campaign in Hamilton by

The SNP Westminster made the call to the PM directly after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said he did not expect Starmer to hit the campaign trail

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8 d. ago Party leaders trade blows over grooming gangs, immigration and Trump in bruising PMQs on eve of local elections... as Labour fears they are 'toast'

With less than 24 hours before polls open, Kemi Badenoch used PMQs to lay into Keir Starmer for refusing to launch a national inquiry into 'rape gangs'.

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9 d. ago Party leaders trade blows over grooming gangs, immigration and Trump in bruising PMQs on eve of local elections

With less than 24 hours before polls open, Kemi Badenoch used PMQs to lay into Keir Starmer for refusing to launch a national inquiry into 'rape gangs'.

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9 d. ago ‘Disillusionment’ a driver ahead of local elections, says pollster

Voters across parts of England will go to the polls on Thursday to elect councillors, regional mayors, and a new MP in the seat of Runcorn and Helsby.

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9 d. ago Phasing out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy – UK politics live

‘Any strategy based on either phasing out fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail,’ says former PMSeverin Carrell is the Guardian’s Scotland editor.Keir Starmer is not expected to campaign in the Hamilton byelection, a critical contest for Scottish Labour which takes place in early June, Anas Sarwar has confirmed.I wouldn’t expect Keir to be campaigning in the byelection. That’s not to say he won’t, but I’m not expecting Kier to campaign in the byelection.I’ll be on the stump campaigning for a Labour win. I’m the candidate for first minister next year. I’m the one that wants to remove the SNP from government.Next year, we’ve got to demonstrate to people that for all Nigel Farage might want to come here with his easy answers and create a bit of a circus, the reality is a vote for Reform only helps the SNP. If you want to get rid of the SNP, only Scottish Labour can beat them. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Plan to phase out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy – UK politics live

‘Any strategy based on either ‘phasing out’ fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail,’ says former PMSeverin Carrell is the Guardian’s Scotland editor.Keir Starmer is not expected to campaign in the Hamilton byelection, a critical contest for Scottish Labour which takes place in early June, Anas Sarwar has confirmed.I wouldn’t expect Keir to be campaigning in the byelection. That’s not to say he won’t, but I’m not expecting Kier to campaign in the byelection.I’ll be on the stump campaigning for a Labour win. I’m the candidate for first minister next year. I’m the one that wants to remove the SNP from government.Next year, we’ve got to demonstrate to people that for all Nigel Farage might want to come here with his easy answers and create a bit of a circus, the reality is a vote for Reform only helps the SNP. If you want to get rid of the SNP, only Scottish Labour can beat them. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'Industrial vandalism': Petroineos issue major update on Grangemouth refinery closure

A significant update has been provided by Petroineos on the Grangemouth refinery

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1 week ago HSBC sounds alarm on trade war; Trump to soften blow of automotive tariffs – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsThe architect of BP’s failed green energy agenda will leave the embattled oil company within months as it continues its retreat from low-carbon investments following this morning’s sharp fall in profits (see last post).The oil company said Giulia Chierchia, the executive in charge of BP’s sustainability ventures, would step back from her role from 1 June 2025 to “pursue other opportunities” outside the company. She will not be replaced. Continue reading...

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