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5 months ago
mirror.co.uk

Scotland's biggest NHS board 'being treated as a suspect' in death of 10-year-old girl

Milly Main died in 2017 after she contracted an infection at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital with Scotland's bigg...

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5 months ago
inews.co.uk

Labour records first Westminster polling lead in Scotland since 2014 as SNP loses voters

With undecideds removed, 38% said they intended to back Labour at the next election, compared to 32% for the SNP

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7 months ago
scotsman.com

Programme for Government: Humza Yousaf pledges to tackle ‘scourge of poverty’ but faces criticism...

The First Minister put fighting poverty at the heart of his Programme for Government

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7 months ago
scotsman.com

Income tax in Scotland is 'hammering' families and 'choking' opportunities, says Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader said his party had a ‘presumption against any increases’

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8 months ago
nationalworld.com

Keir Starmer’s two-child benefit cap U-turn risks rift with Scottish Labour as MSPs say it ‘must ...

Labour is facing an internal battle over the controversial cap on benefits for families with more than two children

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9 months ago
scotsman.com

Risk of repeat of mini-budget stopping Labour scrapping two-child benefit cap, says Anas Sarwar

Labour figures were attacked by the SNP over their failure to commit to scrapping the two-child limit.

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9 months ago
scotsman.com

Anas Sarwar rules out Labour devolution of drug laws to help tackle drug death crisis

Scottish Labour leader says existing powers are enough to tackle the crisis.

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about 1 year ago
scotsman.com

Humza Yousaf leadership: What the SNP leader said and what he meant in speech as he was voted in ...

Humza Yousaf spoke for around ten minutes after receiving the formal parliamentary nomination to become Scotland’s ne...

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about 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

Labour plan to use SNP turmoil to recapture Scotland, and Downing Street

Keir Starmer is hoping to use the change in leadership as an opportunity to make inroads in Scotland, where Labour’s ...

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about 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

'The polling is soft:' Inside Labour's week of planning to retake Scotland

Labour believes it can gain 12 to 15 seats in Scotland - but it will have to woo independence supporting voters over ...

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about 1 year ago
inews.co.uk

Labour would change law to permanently ban 'vile' force-fitting of prepayment energy meters

Courts in Scotland are still considering energy firms' warrants to force-fit prepayment meters, while those in Englan...

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over 1 year ago
scotsman.com

Anas Sarwar: Labour leader Keir Starmer didn't speak to me after picket line appearance despite s...

Sir Keir Starmer did not speak to Scottish counterpart Anas Sarwar about his decision to appear on a picket line the ...

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over 1 year ago
scotsman.com

Scottish Government 'hiding money' that could be used to tackle cost-of-living crisis, claims Ana...

The Scottish Government must ‘look down the back of the sofa’ for hidden and wasted money that could be used to avert...

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over 1 year ago
scotsman.com

Liz Truss extends lead over Rishi Sunak and wins backing of Sajid Javid

Liz Truss has extended her lead over Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership race and won the backing of Sajid Javid.

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over 1 year ago
scotsman.com

Number of Scottish Government ministers should be slashed, says Anas Sarwar

The number of ministers and advisers in the Scottish Government should be slashed as part of moves to end a “culture ...

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over 1 year ago
scotsman.com

Anas Sarwar refuses to back Keir Starmer over sacking of Labour frontbencher

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has refused to back Sir Keir Starmer's decision to sack a shadow minister after he...

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over 1 year ago
glasgowworld.com

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar joins striking BT staff on picket line in Glasgow

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar joined striking BT staff in Glasgow today (Monday) during the second day of indust...

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over 1 year ago
scotsman.com

No Section 30 under a Labour government regardless of political situation, says Starmer

Labour will prioritise growing the economy over allowing the Scottish people to vote on the constitutional future of ...

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over 1 year ago
scotsman.com

Anas Sarwar calls for ‘legal duty’ to make UK and Scottish governments cooperate

Anas Sarwar has proposed a “legal duty” to make the UK and Scottish governments cooperate.

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over 1 year ago
scotsman.com

What did we learn from the last FMQs of the summer?

The last First Minister’s Questions before MSPs go on holiday until August was another groundhog day in the Holyrood ...

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almost 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Outcomes of complaints about Scottish ministers to be published in future, after secrecy row

Nicola Sturgeon said she would order changes to the current system after admitting being 'uncomfortable' with her own...

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almost 2 years ago
scotsman.com

Anas Sarwar asks Douglas Ross whether he'll campaign for Boris Johnson at next election

Anas Sarwar has demanded Scottish Tories leader Douglas Ross answer if he'll campaign for Boris Johnson at the next g...

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almost 2 years ago
scotsman.com

Train drivers offered improved pay deal in bid to end ScotRail crisis

Train drivers have been offered an improved pay deal in a bid to end the ScotRail crisis.

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almost 2 years ago
scotsman.com

Train drivers offered improved pay deal in bid to end ScotRail crisis

Train drivers have been offered an improved pay deal in a bid to end the ScotRail crisis.

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almost 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Labour backs new nuclear power stations in Scotland to help solve energy crisis

The Labour leader said the Scottish Government’s opposition to nuclear energy meant the nation could miss out on mill...

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about 2 years ago
glasgowworld.com

Milly’s Law: Anas Sarwar unveils plan for new law after death at Glasgow hospital

Scottish Labour has unveiled plans for a new law following the death of ten-year-old Milly Main following an infectio...

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about 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

All Labour election candidates in Scotland will be 'pro-UK', says Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader says his party stands for “reforming and renewing” the UK rather than independence and all...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Families of patients infected at QEUH claim deaths will 'continue to happen' without change

Kimberly Darroch and Louise Slorance say Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital should be closed or wards move...

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over 2 years ago
inews.co.uk

Two more children died at Glasgow hospital after contracting infections, senior doctors claim

The cases were revealed by two senior clinicians at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in the wake of claims abo...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Glasgow hospital infections 'biggest scandal since devolution', says Anas Sarwar

More than 80 infected children and two deaths have been linked to infections at the campus, with 30 cases linked to c...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar predicts he 'will be First Minister' in 2026

He promised to take people on a “journey to having a Labour government”, after a series of devastating defeats since ...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Scottish Labour's Anas Sarwar warns Covid recovery could take 10 years without jobs focus

The Scottish Labour leader said that without timely interventions, unemployment will rise, businesses will close and ...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Scottish Tory Douglas Ross asked about his former opposition to same sex marriage

The Scottish Tory leader said that when he was a councillor in 2014, he told others he would have voted against same ...

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

An SNP majority at Holyrood is hanging in the balance, polls suggest

One of the surveys suggested Nicola Sturgeon’s party would fall narrowly short of a majority

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Labour says tax rises not needed to finance Scotland's Covid recovery

Leader Anas Sarwar said the recovery could be funded through the £4.2bn already earmarked to deal with the pandemic.

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almost 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Nicola Sturgeon admits ministers 'took eye off ball' on drugs deaths during election debate

During the second televised debate of the Holyrood election campaign, the First Minister was cross-examined by other ...

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about 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar backs tax rises for richest

Anas Sarwar said he was in favour of a “more progressive tax system” to pay for a series of major initiatives require...

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about 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Nicola Sturgeon survives vote of no confidence over Alex Salmond affair

The motion lodged by the Conservatives was comfortably defeated by 65 votes to 31, with the SNP and Greens backing th...

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about 3 years ago
inews.co.uk

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar admits he won't be First Minister until 2026

Anas Sarwar said he saw his job between now and the vote on 6 May as getting his party “back off the sidelines and on...

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