4 h. ago Top trade unionist warns Anas Sarwar of an 'absence of ambition' ahead of Holyrood election

STUC General Secretary Roz Foyer issued the call during the Scottish Labour conference.

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4 h. ago Scottish Labour pledges to tackle corridor care with more social care packages

The party proposes buying hundreds of temporary care home places so that patients who are medically fit can leave hospital while waiting for permanent support.

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10 h. ago DOGE eyed up by Scottish Labour as another UK party looks to copy Trump ‘waste’ policy

Scottish Labour has become the latest political party to outline plans for a UK equivalent of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, as British politicians look to copy US president Donald Trump's policy of tackling government 'waste'.

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16 h. ago Grangemouth protesters lay 400 hard hats outside Scottish Labour conference

Labour was told to do more to save the hundreds of jobs at risk in Falkirk or face the consequences at the 2026 Holyrood elections.

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16 h. ago Anas Sarwar's speech marks the new direction Scottish Labour has been waiting for

Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the Scottish Labour's leader conference speech saw him put forward a positive agenda to the SNP.

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16 h. ago Labour’s Anas Sarwar vows to ‘defy the odds’ and become Scottish first minister

The Scottish Labour leader has declared his ambition ahead of the Holyrood election next year.

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17 h. ago Anas Sarwar: I will ban mobile phones in school classrooms as Labour First Minister

The Scottish Labour leader said he would make schools ‘safe, calm places for learning again’

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17 h. ago Anas Sarwar echoes Donald Trump and Elon Musk by announcing Scottish Labour DOGE plan

The Scottish Labour leader said that he would create the department because of "the SNP's wasteful incompetence".

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17 h. ago Mobile phones to be banned in Scots schools if Labour wins next Holyrood election

Anas Sarwar used his keynote speech at the Scottish Labour conference to promise he would make schools "safe, calm places for learning again"

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19 h. ago Scotland ‘cannot afford’ to keep SNP in charge, warns Murray

The Scottish Secretary addressed the Scottish Labour conference on Friday.

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20 h. ago Blow for Anas Sarwar after Scottish Labour rejects motion on single sex spaces in schools

Delegates went against the leadership after critics accused the motion of "misinformation".

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20 h. ago Ian Murray blasts John Swinney for 'shielding millionaires' from inheritance tax

The Scottish Secretary said the First Minister was "tough on nurses, soft on millionaires" during his speech at the Scottish Labour conference in Glasgow.

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21 h. ago Keir Starmer urged to ramp up defence spending – UK politics live

This is ‘probably one of the most alarming times for Britain’s defence since the second world war’, says Lib Dem leader Ed Davey as he calls for more spendingHello and welcome to our rolling coverage of UK politics.The Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has said the government must swiftly ramp up defence spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP).I’ve never known a time like this, it is probably one of the most alarming times for Britain’s defence and security since the second world war, with our closest ally changing their position. So we have to debate it, it is going to be difficult.I don’t think there’s an easy solution, but we have put some ideas on the table. One idea we have put is to increase the digital services taxes, a tax on about 20 multinational companies with turnovers of over £500m and we would raise it from the current 2% to 10%.Foreign secretary David Lammy is in South Africa for the second day of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting.Scottish Labour leader Anas ...

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21 h. ago SNP gains council seat from Scottish Labour in Kilmarnock by

The Nationalists won the Kilmarnock North by-election for East Ayrshire Council, with Caroline Barton securing victory.

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28 h. ago Scots patients would receive free treatment in England under plan to fix NHS backlog

The plan has been put forward by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar ahead of his party conference starting today.

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28 h. ago Anas Sarwar must ditch the caution if he wants beat the SNP and lead Scotland

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says Scottish Labour will not fluke a win next year and have to be bold on policy and candidate selection.

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28 h. ago Scottish Labour to prioritise school leavers who do not go to university

EXCLUSIVE: Party leader Anas Sarwar will say apprenticeships, training and jobs should have the same government focus as higher education.

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28 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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28 h. ago Scottish Labour faces union demonstration outside party conference over Grangemouth closure

EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Graham of Unite said the Grangemouth closure was "lining up to be a Labour own goal of historic proportions".

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28 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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