Category: Alex Salmond

Mourners honour ‘political genius’ Alex Salmond at Edinburgh service

Family and friends gathered for speeches and musical performances from the Proclaimers and Dougie MacLeanThe former prime minister Gordon Brown and the Scottish first minister, John Swinney, were among those who gathered at a...

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Employment rights bill will cost firms £5bn per year but benefits will justify costs, government says – UK politics live

Analysis from business and trade department says bill will significantly strengthen workers’ rightIn the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol while...

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No 10 says Starmer won’t offer reparations or apology over Britain’s role in slavery at Commonwealth summit – UK politics live

Government opposed to idea of paying reparations for Britain’s historic role in slave trade and will not issue apology at Commonwealth meetingIn the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor...

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Ministers will have to comply with tougher rules on declaring gifts, MPs told – as it happened

Cabinet Office minister Ellie Reeves says Labour is closing ‘Tory freebies loophole’ over declaring hospitalityBadenoch criticised for pamphlet’s ‘stigmatising’ remarks on autismThe Autism Centre of...

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Ministers will have to comply with tougher rules on declaring gifts, MPs told – UK politics live

Cabinet Office minister Ellie Reeves says Labour is closing ‘Tory freebies loophole’ over declaring hospitalityBadenoch criticised for pamphlet’s ‘stigmatising’ remarks on autismThe Autism Centre of...

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