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Scottish government wants to decriminalise drug possession

But the UK government has already poured cold water on the idea

Wales Online

Scottish Labour councillor in astonishing attack on 'coward' Keir Starmer

A SCOTTISH Labour councillor has branded Keir Starmer a “miserable coward” after he backed away from changing the two-child cap policy.

The National (Scotland)

Labour shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves does not commit to scrapping two-child benefit cap

Reeves said she could not promise to get rid of the cap because the party's policies must be "fully costed and fully funded".

Daily Record

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Sarwar: Claims Labour MSPs are afraid to speak out against party policies untrue

Scottish Labour MSP Monica Lennon made the claims after criticising her party’s decision not to commit to scrapping the two-child benefit cap.

The Independent UK

Scottish reforms to decriminalise personal drug use knocked down within an hour

Scottish drugs minister Elena Whitham said ‘criminalisation increases the harms people experience. Criminalisation kills’.

The Independent UK

Scotland proposes drug decriminalisation in Westminster challenge

Elena Whitham, Scotland’s minister for drugs policy, calls for legislation devolution in reform plan

The Guardian - UK

Labour tells Jeremy Hunt his advisers must not undermine Bank of England

Exclusive: Members of Mr Hunt’s Economic Advisory Council said the Bank had ‘tried to be too cute’ by not being clear enough on the need for interest rates hikes

The Independent UK

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Drugs minister ‘terrified’ of potential impact of failure to reform policy

Downing Street re-committed to its ‘tough’ stance on drugs as the Scottish Government called for decriminalisation of personal use.

The Independent UK

Scots who re-mortgage next year will pay extra £190 a month, Labour claims

The party estimates that 546,600 households in Scotland will re-mortgage by 2026.

Daily Record

What are the main U-turns Labour has made under Keir Starmer?

From abolishing tuition fees to raising income tax for top earners, several pledges have been reversed

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: Labour’s key U-turns under Keir Starmer

In today’s newsletter: the Labour leader may well win the next election – but why are so many of his policies being ditched?

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s childcare plans ‘have not been cut back and will be on scale of NHS’

Party’s education spokesperson denies reports of intervention from shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer refuses to commit to public sector pay rises

It comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned he will not shy away from making decisions 'people may not like' to control inflation.

Daily Record

DWP Universal Credit claimants finding private rentals 'increasingly unaffordable'

A freeze on housing benefits means that the proportion of privately rented properties that people on the lowest incomes can afford has plummeted

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The Independent UK

Starmer refuses to commit to accepting pay body’s wage rise recommendations

The Labour leader said his party will have to ‘go at pace’ to ‘rebuild’ public services but stressed it must obey ‘strong fiscal rules’.

Evening Standard

Will the real Keir Starmer please stand up? Tell us what you and Labour stand for, voters ask

Ipsos poll for the Standard finds people don’t know what the Labour leader stands for – but things are far from rosy for Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Labour to bring Commons vote on mortgage plans amid pressure on Tories

Labour will force a Commons vote on the party’s proposals to ease the mortgage crisis, urging Tory MPs to “take responsibility” and back the plan.

The National (Scotland)

Labour bin 'temporary' pledge to raise taxes on tech giants

LABOUR have ditched a pledge to raise taxes on multinational companies such as Facebook and Amazon in order to support small businesses ...

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Daily Mirror

Backlash as 'out-of-touch' Rishi Sunak tells struggling families UK must 'hold our nerve'

The Prime Minister claimed there was 'no alternative' but to hike interest rates in order to tackle inflation, but he was branded 'out-of-touch' and 'not up to the job' after an awkward TV interview

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s a lot of anger’: the mortgage trap ensnaring the Tories in their heartlands

In Selby, site of a key byelection, hardship may be opening the door to Labour even in comfortable Conservative North Yorkshire

The Guardian - UK

Labour must do no more backsliding on commitments to create a green economy

Sir Keir Starmer doesn’t want to look like a man who makes grandiose-sounding pledges to change the world only to retreat when he encounters resistance

The Independent UK

Labour does not rule out blocking public sector pay rises

Rishi Sunak has expressed concern that unaffordable pay increases could trigger a ‘wage-price spiral’ amid stubbornly high inflation.

The Independent UK

Labour can win Selby and Ainsty as people are ‘very angry’ with Tories – Reeves

The shadow chancellor said residents blame the Conservative Government for soaring mortgage rates.

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt’s mortgages deal dismissed as ‘sticking plaster’ as Sunak urged to offer subsidies

Government told to offer direct support to homeowners – as chancellor’s agreement with banks dismissed as a ‘water pistol to put out a fire’

The Guardian - UK

Labour would not back subsidising mortgage holders, Starmer says

Leader says there is no quick fix and there are problems with approach advocated by Lib Dems

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