Hard work or humour? Take the British values quiz Poll finds consensus on what makes people proud to be British but deep divisions on issues such as immigration The Guardian - UK · Aug 11
Reform UK charge astonishing sum for 'champagne breakfast with Nigel Farage' ARE you a rank bad yin with £3000 burning a hole in your pocket? The National (Scotland) · Aug 11
Journalist outrage as Westminster staff names removed from transparency register THE MOVE to redact the names of 2000 Westminster staff from an official transparency register had been met with outrage by journalists. The National (Scotland) · Aug 11
Burnham must live up to Labour promise and slash energy bills by £300 – SNP The party urged the Prime Minister to cut household bills as he begins his tour of the UK’s nations and regions. Evening Standard · Aug 11
SNP issue message to Andy Burnham as Scottish independence poll predicts Yes win SCOTTISH voters will not accept there is an “‘off limits’ when it comes to democracy”, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been told ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 11
Burnham plans to free up prison spaces to keep Pc Harper’s killers behind bars Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he understood the anguish caused by the potential early release of two of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers. Evening Standard · Aug 11
Male criminals to be kept in female jails under Burnham's plan to tackle prison overcrowding The Prime Minister stressed that some criminals will have to be let out of jail early to prevent the ‘prison system collapsing’ Evening Standard · Aug 11
Burnham ‘increasingly confident’ Pc Harper’s killers will not be freed early Prime Minister Andy Burnham said work to free up space in the prison system would be fast-tracked. Evening Standard · Aug 11
Probation officers vote for strike action after warning early releases will add to excessive workloads - as it happened Union chief says vote is about staff ‘warning they cannot protect the public properly’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 11
Government to announce early release exemptions for Pc Harper’s killers in September An announcement will be made when the Commons returns after its summer break. Evening Standard · Aug 11
What does it say about the UK’s pro-Europeans that they hide their message behind a bin? Voters disillusioned by Brexit should have more options than Nigel Farage or the novelty candidate Count Binface, says journalist and economics commentator Simon Nixon The Guardian - UK · Aug 11
First independence poll of Burnham era predicts Scotland would leave UK SCOTLAND would vote to become independent from the UK if a second referendum were held tomorrow, according to the first poll on the issue of Andy… The National (Scotland) · Aug 11
‘Solution identified’ to prevent early release of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers Pc Harper was fatally injured in Berkshire in 2019. Evening Standard · Aug 10
Pc Harper’s mother asks Andy Burnham to meet with her about early release scheme Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers remain eligible to be freed in January, halfway through 13-year sentences for the manslaughter of Pc Andrew Harper. Evening Standard · Aug 10
The National (Scotland) · Aug 10 Did the BBC really just listen to Zack Polanski and adjust its Reform coverage? ON Monday, Reform UK held a press conference to say they will deport prisoners to El Salvador and open pop-up prisons in "very out of the way…
Evening Standard · Aug 10 SNP lacks ‘vision’ under Swinney and needs ‘sea change’ – former MP Cherry Joanna Cherry spoke out at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10 Reform backer Arron Banks urged to set out extent of surveillance of journalists Industry body says use of private investigators against reporters is ‘attack on our democracy’ after Banks apparently admitted doing so
The National (Scotland) · Aug 10 Scottish Labour leader is hardest job in the world'? Gies peace Anas Sarwar Anas Sarwar proclaimed at the weekend that the hardest job in British politics – and “for many reasons the hardest job in the world" – is…
The National (Scotland) · Aug 10 5 key points from overlooked polling on Brexit Britain and Andy Burnham THREE in four UK voters think that Britain’s best days are behind it, according to a major new poll ...
Evening Standard · Aug 10 Former SNP MP Joanna Cherry says she is ‘not obsessed’ with Nicola Sturgeon Ms Cherry told an audience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival the former first minister ‘teases’ people regarding her sexuality.
The National (Scotland) · Aug 10 Scottish Labour risk irrelevance with a leadership coronation not a contest A SCOTTISH Labour councillor has complained to the UK equalities watchdog in the latest twist of the party’s bizarre leadership contest.
The National (Scotland) · Aug 10 Jeremy Corbyn lifts lid on ‘frequent pressure to oppose indyref2' when Labour leader JEREMY Corbyn has lifted the lid on the pressure he received during his time as Labour leader to oppose a second Scottish independence referendum ...
Evening Standard · Aug 10 Jess Phillips: Government minister role felt like being in a ‘straitjacket’ The Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley also said she thinks about leaving parliament ‘all the time’.
Evening Standard · Aug 10 Nigel Farage v Count Binface: Reform leader faces 'trashing' unless he pulls off huge Clacton by-election win Commentary: The most recent benchmark for success at such a bizarre by-election is gaining over 70% of the vote
The National (Scotland) · Aug 10 Host defends Nicola Sturgeon after two hecklers 'dragged out' of book launch THE host of an event at which Nicola Sturgeon was twice heckled has defended the former first minister, saying that responding to the crowd’s…