Category: Kate Forbes

Scotland’s looser rules on assisted dying could lead to ‘death tourism’, say senior politicians

Cross-party group of MSPs says bill going through Holyrood could attract people from elsewhere in UKSenior Scottish politicians fear there could be a risk of “death tourism” from terminally ill people travelling from...

Read More

No 10 says claims it concealed evidence or withdrew witnesses to stop China spy trial are ‘categorically untrue’ – UK politics live

PM’s spokesperson says it is ‘entirely false’ government played role in getting CPS to drop China spying caseAt the Downing Street lobby briefing this morning the PM’s spokesperson said it was...

Read More

Support for hardline anti-immigration policies linked to ignorance about migration figures, poll suggests – UK politics live

Almost half of voters either strongly or somewhat support ‘admitting no more new migrants and requiring large numbers who came in recent years to leave’, says YouGovPlaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party, is...

Read More

UK politics live: No 10 says Hamas won’t have ‘veto’ over UK recognition of Palestine

Downing Street indicates that further hostage releases are not required for move to go ahead next monthGeorge Finch, the Reform UK leader of Warwickshire county council, goes next. (Aged 19, he is the youngest council leader in...

Read More

Reeves’s growth plans ‘exactly what economy needs’ say UK business groups – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereReeves says the supply side of the economy has been held back.Politicians have lacked the courage to confront the factors holding back growth.They have accepted...

Read More

Rachel Reeves says new government has inherited ‘worst set of circumstances since second world war’ – UK politics live

New chancellor says she will make statement to MPs before summer recess about financial situation as she says UK economy has been ‘held back’Rachel Reeves has finished the speech, in which she confirmed a range of...

Read More

Labour dismisses no confidence vote in Welsh first minister Vaughan Gething as Tory ‘stunt’ – UK politics live

Andrew RT Davies, Welsh Conservative leader, says vote reflects badly on Keir Starmer as Labour says vote is a stuntEd Davey, the Lib Dem leader, has been fined for speeding after being caught doing 73mph in a 60mph zone on the...

Read More

Starmer says Sunak ‘revealed character’ by lying about Labour’s tax plans – UK politics live

Labour leader says PM’s tactics in Tuesday night TV debate show he is dishonest when put under pressureReality check: the truth behind the Tories’ £2,000 tax claimSign up for the general election email...

Read More

Scottish Greens vote against appointment of Kate Forbes as deputy first minister

Green MSPs cite her conservative views on LGBT rights and equalities in fresh rift with John SwinneyThe Scottish Greens have voted against Kate Forbes’s appointment as Scotland’s new deputy first minister in a fresh...

Read More

Labour defends welcoming rightwing Tory MP Natalie Elphicke into party – as it happened

Natalie Elphicke said she was defecting to Labour due to ‘broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic government’. This live blog is now closedConservative MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour citing...

Read More
Loading

Breaking News

prev next