Category: Scottish politics

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...

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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...

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Labour defends welcoming rightwing Tory MP Natalie Elphicke into party – UK politics live

Natalie Elphicke said she was defecting to Labour due to ‘broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic government’PMQs starts in just over 20 minutes, and today there will be particular interest in the...

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Tory MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour and attacks Sunak’s ‘tired and chaotic government’ – UK politics live

Announcing her defection, Natalie Elphicke hit out at the ‘broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic government’PMQs starts in just over 20 minutes, and today there will be particular interest in the...

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Grant Shapps says it will ‘take some time’ to conclude who was to blame for cyber-attack on armed forces payroll – as it happened

Defence secretary makes statement after 270,000 payroll records belonging to members of Britain’s armed forces been exposed to hackers. This live blog is closedReeves says Labour has a vision for the country. Stability...

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Grant Shapps gives update to MPs about cyber-attack on database containing details of armed forces personnel – UK politics live

Defence secretary makes statement after 270,000 payroll records belonging to members of Britain’s armed forces been exposed to hackersReeves says Labour has a vision for the country. Stability will be change, she argues.I...

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Sunak declines to say who was behind MoD hack but says UK has ‘robust’ security policy towards China – politics live

PM says ‘malign actor’ has compromised armed forces’ payment network as Chinese embassy calls for an end to ‘anti-China political farce’Reeves says Labour has a vision for the country. Stability...

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After years of Tory chaos, ‘stability is change’, argues Labour’s Reeves in major speech – UK politics live

Shadow chancellor attacks Tory economic plans including proposal to scrap national insuranceReeves says Labour has a vision for the country. Stability will be change, she argues.I know – warm words are not enough. I do not...

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Tories offering Britain ‘five more years of chaos’, warns Rachel Reeves in major economic speech – UK politics live

Shadow chancellor to say Hunt’s and Sunak’s message of ‘the plan is working’, does not reflect economic realityGood morning. Whenever Rishi Sunak or any other minister speaks in public and tries to...

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