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South Ayrshire Council raise council tax by five per cent as budget is revealed

Councillors insisted they had been left with no choice amid a tough financial backdrop.

Daily Record

Gavin Williamson said teaching unions ‘just hate work’ during Covid pandemic

Former education secretary said to have made comments in leaked WhatsApp exchanges to Matt Hancock, then health secretary

The Guardian - UK

Councillor hits out at Labour as he's blocked from standing after parking probe

Cllr Barry Kushner says he is not leaving through choice after he was blocked from standing following a Liverpool ECHO parking fines investigation

Liverpool Echo

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Top civil servant urged to come to Holyrood in row over deposit return scheme

A group of four MSPs has written to Scottish Permanent Secretary John-Paul Marks on the issue.

The Independent UK

'I made a wee mistake': Stephen Flynn speaks out after swearing during PMQs

STEPHEN Flynn has spoken out after being caught swearing during PMQs on Wednesday.

The National (Scotland)

Labour challenges Hunt to adopt NHS training policy he wanted to ‘nick’

Rachel Reeves tasks chancellor with finding money to double England’s doctor and nurse training places

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner urges businesses to look at introducing four-day working week

The Labour Deputy Leader told a room of around 300 business leaders to 'please' look at the results of a trial on a four-day working week. The landmark results revealed nearly all firms involved are continuing with the shorter hours

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'Michael Gove's absurd plan to punish struggling parents is cruel and divisive'

Mirror columnist Eva Simpson hits out at Michael Gove's disgraceful idea to take away benefits from already struggling parents if their child plays truant from school

Daily Mirror

Close legal loophole allowing sex offenders to change name, says MP

Move would end 'the real, immediate and significant risk of harm' it poses, MPs were told

Wales Online

Clarity needed on trade rules between Northern Ireland and UK, says Angus Robertson

THE UK Government must clarify what the rules are for trade between Northern Ireland and the UK, Angus Robertson has said.

The National (Scotland)

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns says Labour 'broke people's trust' as she rules out merger

New Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns acknowledged that while many of her party and Labour's policies are the same, a merger is not in the Social Democrats' future

Irish Mirror

Areas 'like a war zone' as council issues just five fines for fly tipping

Green campaigner Neil Doolin said people feel "let down" by the lack of enforcement

Liverpool Echo

Council tax in Perth and Kinross to increase by 3.9 per cent

The council tax increase is understood to be currently the lowest approved in mainland Scotland

Daily Record

How to watch the first SNP leadership hustings tonight

THE SNP have said that tonight’s hustings from Cumbernauld will be livestreamed amid a row over media access.

The National (Scotland)

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Daily Record

Anti-abortion group reveals disturbing plans to 'brick up' Glasgow clinic

The group disclosed disturbing details of how members plan to 'brick up' the sexual health clinic in March.

The National (Scotland)

Kate Forbes says her policies 'not at all' a shift from 'progressive' SNP agenda

KATE Forbes has said that her proposals are “not at all” a shift away from the SNP’s “progressive agenda”.

Daily Record

Stephen Flynn asks Rishi Sunak if it hurts that 'Labour believes in Brexit more than he does'

The SNP's Westminster leader pounced on comments from the PM that Northern Ireland was 'in an unbelievably special position' as it had access to both the EU and UK markets.

Evening Standard

Labour demands Covid inquiry report ‘by end of year’ after leak of Hancock WhatsApps

Sunak urges people not to focus on ‘piecemeal bits of information’ and to let the inquiry ‘get on with the job’

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The Independent UK

Betty Boothroyd: First female Commons Speaker who enhanced the parliament over which she presided

Daughter of Dewsbury textile workers became a megastar over her five decades in parliament – despite multiple failed attempts to win her seat

The Guardian - UK

All but one of Scotland’s cabinet ministers have been white – this SNP leadership race could be a turning point

Humza Yousaf, the frontrunner, is both antiracist and a nationalist. In Scotland, that makes perfect sense, says Nasar Meer, a professor at Edinburgh University

Liverpool Echo

Wirral council tax to rise by at least £70 a year

Conservatives despite campaigning against a council tax rise ended up voting for it

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak refuses to boot Nadine Dorries out of Tories as she goes AWOL from Commons

The PM criticised Nadine Dorries for failing to represent her constituents, but he has failed to discipline the ex-minister who has not spoken in the Commons since last July

Daily Record

SNP leadership contender Ash Regan announces 'bonkers' currency plan for independent Scotland

Ash Regan claimed a devolved parliament could set up a new central bank and ditch the pound just months after a vote for indepenence.

The Independent UK

Independent Scotland could have its own currency within months – Regan

The SNP leadership candidate said she would start work on a Scottish currency ahead of an independence vote.

The Independent UK

Time is of the essence to restore Stormont and seize opportunities – McDonald

The Sinn Fein president said her MLAs are anxious to get back to work while the DUP considers its verdict on the protocol deal.

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