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Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects

Exclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warned energy firms over new contracts

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs rally behind Diane Abbott after second suspension

LABOUR MPs have rallied around their veteran colleagues Diane Abbott after she was suspended by the party again.

The National (Scotland)

Minister slaps down Diane Abbott's claim that Labour chiefs want her out after sparking new racism row

The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP has said: ‘It is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out’

Evening Standard

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South London borough backs tourist tax plan to raise millions

Southwark Council backs calls to implement London-wide tourist tax

Evening Standard

Swinney to ‘turn heat up’ on Westminster for indyref2 as part of new strategy

The Scottish First Minister laid out his three-part strategy on Friday.

Evening Standard

Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – as it happened

Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’

The Guardian - UK

‘Not true’ that Labour wants Diane Abbott out, minister says

Exchequer secretary to the Treasury James Murray said it was ‘absolutely not the case’ that Number 10 had wanted Ms Abbott to out of the party.

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John Swinney sets out 3-point plan for fresh independence push

FIRST Minister John Swinney has set out a three-point plan for achieving Scottish independence – insisting that a democratic referendum is part…

The National (Scotland)

Diane Abbott: Labour ‘wants me out’ after second suspension

The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP has been suspended for a second time after repeating a claim she made in 2023 about racism.

Evening Standard

Governments have the right to expect MPs to support their decisions

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: If anything, given the sheer size of the rebellion on social security – 130 of his own MPs threatening to defeat a government bill – Keir Starmer has been too lenient

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s control freakery: the party once tolerated dissent. Now it treats it as treason

Editorial: The problem isn’t disunity – it’s policy. Sir Keir Starmer dodges popular economic solutions and confuses control for leadership

The Guardian - UK

Council in crisis: Bankrupt London borough signs off £230k payment to chief exec in secret meeting

Councillors were told Abi Gbago had resigned after less than two years in the job and were asked to vote on her ‘substantial’ payout

Evening Standard

Labour’s economic illiteracy is dragging us into a doom loop

A debt disaster is looming — and too many backbenchers just don’t understand the grim reality

Evening Standard

Brian Leishman: 'Anas Sarwar hasn't spoken to me in six months'

A SUSPENDED Scottish Labour MP has claimed party leader Anas Sarwar hasn’t spoken with him in nearly six months.

The National (Scotland)

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Evening Standard

What happened the last time a Labour government opted to lower the voting age?

There are parallels between the political conditions which faced Harold Wilson and Sir Keir Starmer’s current challenges.

Evening Standard

Fine witnesses who mislead select committees, MP urges

Conservative MP Mark Pritchard called for the Commons to start issuing fines for the first time in 359 years.

The Guardian - UK

Bluster, bullying, suspensions – this is no way to run the Labour party

Keir Starmer has made a mess of dealing with this rebellion. Perhaps Tony Blair could give him some tips, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Al Jazeera

UK to lower voting age to 16 in major electoral reform

The move, following through on a campaign pledge, will give the UK one of the lowest national voting ages in the world.

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The Guardian - UK

Far-right supporters attack police after protest against Essex hotel for asylum seekers

Riot police deployed to anti-immigration flashpoint in Epping as far right seek to exploit local tensions

The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar silent as Brian Leishman suspended from Labour

Anas Sarwar has refused to make any comment following the suspension of Scottish Labour MP Brian Leishman from the party.

International Business Times

UK To Lower Voting Age To 16 In General Elections

The British government said Thursday it would allow 16 year-olds to vote in general elections, a landmark change giving the UK one of the lowest voting ages worldwide.

The National (Scotland)

Diane Abbott faces fresh Labour suspension over racism letter comments

LABOUR have said they are looking “incredibly seriously” at an interview in which veteran MP Diane Abbott said she has no regrets about…

The National (Scotland)

Majority of Scottish Labour politicians silent on Brian Leishman losing party whip

THE majority of Scottish Labour politicians have remained silent after MP Brian Leishman lost the party whip.

The Guardian - UK

Lowering the voting age: a boost for UK democracy or a shot in the dark?

Some favour any effort to improve participation, but others point to mixed results in Scotland and Wales

The National (Scotland)

'Disturbed': MP hits out after armed police threaten peaceful pro-Palestine protester

AN MP has said she was “disturbed” to see her constituent threatened by armed police for holding a Palestinian flag.

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