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Working families being forced to choose between heating or eating – Mallon

Working families in Northern Ireland are being forced to choose between heating or eating, Nichola Mallon has said. The SDLP deputy leader said while Stormont had taken steps to provide added support to some benefit recipients, there was a need to ...

05 Apr 2022 at 16:55

I can break SNP’s ‘yellow wall’ claims PM candidate Mordaunt

Tory leadership candidate Penny Mordaunt said she has what it takes to break the SNP’s “yellow wall” and help the Tories take power in Scotland. The trade minister, who is widely tipped as one of the favourites in the contest to replace Boris ...

12 Jul 2022 at 10:35

Scotland

Three-quarters of MSPs should support independence before new vote – Tory peer

Three-quarters of MSPs should support independence before a new referendum is allowed, a Conservative peer has said. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Lord Frost also said those in favour of the union “need to start fighting back” against the ...

19 Aug 2022 at 17:22

Scotland

Mhairi Black asks PM for clarity on democratic route to IndyRef2

The new deputy leader of the SNP at Westminster has pushed the Prime Minister on the democratic route to an independence referendum. The UK Supreme Court ruled last month that the Scottish Parliament did not have the necessary powers to ...

09 Dec 2022 at 17:04

Stephen Flynn elected SNP Westminster leader

Stephen Flynn has been elected as the new leader of the SNP at Westminster, replacing the outgoing Ian Blackford. The Aberdeen South MP defeated Alison Thewliss for the top job at the party’s AGM on Tuesday and will face Rishi Sunak at ...

06 Dec 2022 at 20:44

Yousaf confident of general election win and potential IndyRef2

Scotland’s First Minister is confident his party can win next year’s general election and any subsequent independence referendum the SNP can extract in a hung parliament. Projections last week following the local elections in England ...

08 May 2023 at 19:44

Scotland

SNP electoral support down 10% since Sturgeon’s resignation, poll finds

Support for the SNP has fallen by 10% in a new poll which also reveals a negative satisfaction rating for First Minister Humza Yousaf in the wake of Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation. Ipsos Scottish Political Monitor, run in partnership ...

24 May 2023 at 15:02

SNP urges Ross to ‘grow a backbone’ over Johnson sanctions

The SNP has urged Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross to “grow a backbone” and whip MPs to vote in favour of sanctions against Boris Johnson. The former prime minister was found by the Privileges Committee to have knowingly ...

16 Jun 2023 at 11:21

Mhairi Black: Trans people should be ‘left the hell alone’

Trans people should be able to live with “dignity and happiness” and the media and politicians should “leave them the hell alone”, MP Mhairi Black has said. The SNP’s depute Westminster leader said “bad actors” are using the ...

08 Aug 2023 at 15:00

Forbes’ views on gay marriage are extreme and archaic, says ex-MP Black

Former SNP MP Mhairi Black has said the views of Kate Forbes on gay marriage are “archaic” and “quite extreme”. The former MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South said the Deputy First Minister’s views risked alienating young ...

22 Jul 2024 at 11:19

Alastair Campbell says destructive campaigns are putting people off politics

Spin doctor-turned-podcaster Alastair Campbell said campaigns where rivals “try to destroy each other” are putting people off politics. The former Downing Street press secretary in Sir Tony Blair’s New Labour government ...

05 Jul 2023 at 22:17

SNP in strong position despite election ‘setback’, Swinney says

The SNP remains in a “strong position” despite the general election “setback”, John Swinney has said as he switches his focus to 2026. The Scottish First Minister said he was “deeply concerned” about his party’s poor ...

22 Jul 2024 at 14:16

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