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Friday briefing: Labour hand the Tories two painful byelection defeats

In today’s newsletter: A good night for Keir Starmer and a bad one for Rishi Sunak – who now has more to worry about from Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

What does the latest General Election poll mean for Scotland?

THE Tories are set to have their majority decimated at the next General Election, according to the latest YouGov poll.

The National (Scotland)

Tories name partner of sexual misconduct MP as candidate to replace him

THE Tories have picked the partner of a disgraced former MP to run as their candidate in a by-election to replace him ...

The National (Scotland)

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Rishi Sunak pledges to cut welfare and benefits to fund tax cuts

THE Tories are preparing to cut benefits in order to cut taxes, Rishi Sunak has suggested ...

The National (Scotland)

What does the Tories' latest 'raid' on North Sea oil and gas mean for Scotland?

THE Tories “final raid” on Scotland’s oil and gas resources in the North Sea is set to ramp up as Westminster returns from recess.

The National (Scotland)

Labour and Tories brand each other 'populist' as leaders go on tour

THE Tories and Labour have each claimed the other is “populist” amid a row ahead of Keir Starmer’s first major speech of 2024 ...

The National (Scotland)

Two-thirds of Brits want General Election by summer, new poll finds

A PLURALITY of voters want the Tories to hold a General Election as soon as possible, new polling has found ...

The National (Scotland)

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Three-day week, 50 years on: lessons from a previous Conservative government struggling with a cost of living crisis

Midwinter. War in the Middle East. Energy crisis. Rising prices borne disproportionately by low-wage workers, particularly in a public sector squeezed by a “Tories in turmoil” UK government.

The Conversation

'Amend Budget or leave Scottish businesses disadvantaged', Alex Salmond tells SNP

THE Scottish Budget will allow businesses to claim they would be better treated under the Tories and must be amended, Alex Salmond has said...

The National (Scotland)

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announces date for 2024 spring Budget

Tories expected to seek tax cuts in appeal to voters as they founder 20 points behind Labour in polls

The Independent UK

Plan for tax cut to benefit wealthy revived as Tories struggle in polls

THE Tories are reviving controversial plans to axe inheritance tax as Rishi Sunak struggles to turn around his party’s major deficit in the polls,…

The National (Scotland)

Tories to promise more help for first-time buyers in bid to turn around polling woes

Plans to help people onto the property ladder could be announced in the March Budget

The Independent UK

John Curtice: Tories ‘fighting on two fronts’ as Rishi Sunak fails to reverse damage

RISHI Sunak has been unable to reverse the damage to the Tories caused by Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, according to polling expert John Curtice.

The National (Scotland)

Labour 'considering offshore asylum processing plans' as Rwanda alternative

LABOUR are reportedly considering plans to have asylum claims processed abroad as an alternative to the Tories’ Rwanda plan.

The National (Scotland)

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Keir Starmer considers scaling back Labour’s £28bn green plans

Insiders fear further watering down of party’s flagship economic policy could leave leader open to charges of ‘flip-flopping’ by Tories

The National (Scotland)

'We're very confident': Sunak insists Tories don't face wipe-out in Scotland

THE Tories will not be wiped out in Scotland at the next General Election, the Prime Minister has said.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Government to 'reflect' on calls for Rwanda bill legal challenge

THE Scottish Government has said it will “reflect” on calls to launch a legal challenge against the Tories’ Rwanda bill – after critics said…

The Guardian - UK

Tories are too busy locked in a narcissistic death spiral to spare a thought for us

Even they can see imposing another PM on the country is a non-starter, so they try to look the part and fake it to make it

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The National (Scotland)

Tories may 'never' win another election, former party leader says

WILLIAM Hague has said that the Tories may never win another election if they lose the next one...

Evening Standard

Farage rules out switch to Tories while Sunak is leader after I’m A Celeb exit

Nigel Farage said there is ‘little prospect’ of him joining the Conservatives under Rishi Sunak but did not rule out a return to frontline politics.

The Independent UK

Starmer accuses Tories of ‘fighting like rats in a sack’ as Sunak faces Rwanda rebellion

Tory psychodrama is ‘cultural stain’ running through the party, Labour leader will say in big speech

The National (Scotland)

UK signs new treaty with Rwanda in bid to revive deportation deal

A NEW treaty between the UK and Rwanda has been signed in a bid to revive the Tories’ unlawful deportation deal.

The Guardian - UK

Tory plan to cut net legal immigration is more drastic than most MPs expected

Clampdown announced by James Cleverly is a shift in strategy by the government, which is rated poorly by the public on the issue

The Guardian - UK

The reason for these cynical power grabs: the weaker the Tories become, the stronger they need to appear

Anywhere else, this government’s tactics would look like a slow-motion coup. In Britain now, voters find them risible, says the Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Tories’ pro-rich tax giveaway: to be paid for by bankrupting the state

Jeremy Hunt’s plans are a desperate attempt to forestall public disillusionment with familiar policies that have become a recipe for disaster

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