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Labour had been hoping to win 15 seats at the next general election but could now aim for double that number Senior figures in Scottish Labour have said Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation has opened an unexpected opportunity for the party to regain ground n…
Latest updates: Scotland’s first minister says she has ‘wrestled’ with decision for weeksShare your views on Nicola Sturgeon’s resignationSNP MP Stewart McDonald described Nicola Sturgeon as “the finest public servant of the devolution age” amid report…
Latest updates: Mel Stride says business opportunities of Brexit emerging but divide with major trading partner has hurt UKThe Guardian’s deputy political editor Jessica Elgot believes it is unlikely that Rishi Sunak will label China a “strategic thre…
Levelling up secretary will have one eye on his post-political careerIt was a secret Brexit summit with a lot of striking names attending – the shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, the former EU negotiator Oliver Robbins, the ex-Treasury permanent se…
PM’s spokesperson also says prime minister was not involved in hotel choices following reports on ministerial spendingThe government will do “whatever it takes” to keep the UK safe from the threat of spy balloons, the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has s…
Analysis of civil service spending includes Rishi Sunak’s Treasury department spending £3,000 on Tate photographsSpending on government-issued “credit cards” has risen 70% since 2010, when the Conservatives first warned they were generating “hideous wa…
Labour analysis shows use of GPCs has risen under Tory government despite David Cameron decrying ‘hideous’ spending levels in 2010Nestled inside a shaded courtyard, Plataran in south Jakarta offers diners the promise of authentic Indonesian food “with …
Labour to publish dossier of spending by government representatives on luxury hotels and chauffeur hireLabour is launching a campaign accusing government ministers and officials of spending taxpayer-funded credit cards on luxury travel and hotels, clai…
Ashley Dalton retains constituency for Labour after resignation of Rosie Cooper last autumnLabour has retained the West Lancashire constituency in a byelection called after its MP, Rosie Cooper, resigned last autumn.Ashley Dalton, a part-time charity w…
Labour candidate Ashley Dalton odds-on favourite to hold seat after resignation of Rosie CooperPolls have closed in the West Lancashire byelection, with Labour confident of retaining the seat it has held since 1992.The bookies have the party at 1/25 to…