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The EHRC has told the the Scottish Government that is does not need to wait for its guidance to act, that the law is already set out in the Supreme Court’s ā€œvery readableā€ ruling, which is ā€œeffective immediatelyā€. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

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šŸ”“ SNP lands taxpayers with ā€˜staggering’ rise in lawyer costs amid court defeats telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

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Fair to say Scottish Fishermen’s Federation are livid about the PM’s Brexit ā€˜reset’ deal giving EU trawlers access to British waters for 12 years

Fair to say Scottish Fishermen’s Federation are livid about the PM’s Brexit ā€˜reset’ deal giving EU trawlers access to British waters for 12 years
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SNP's Stephen Flynn in Commons: "This is obviously not a surrender, just as it's obviously no substitute for membership of the European Union" Has he told his leader this?

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🚨**EXCLUSIVE**🚨 Angela Rayner sent a secret memo to Rachel Reeves pushing for a tax raid on savers, The Telegraph can reveal. Eight tax rises proposed. Reveals a split at the very top of Government over economic policy. Full story on the leaked memošŸ‘‡ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

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Scots councils hit drivers with Ā£25 million of parking fines while being accused of ā€˜effectively legalising’ littering and dog fouling telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/2…

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Nigel Farage accuses Anas Sarwar of sectarianism after defending ā€˜racist’ Reform advert telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/2…

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⁦Scottish Government⁩ axes offer of universal winter fuel payment. Pensioners with income of more than £35k to have money clawed back through tax system. They were due to get £100. Lower income pensioners to get £203.40 or £305.10, v slightly more than in England and Wales

⁦<a href="/scotgov/">Scottish Government</a>⁩ axes offer of universal winter fuel payment. Pensioners with income of more than £35k to have money clawed back through tax system. They were due to get £100. Lower income pensioners to get £203.40 or £305.10, v slightly more than in England and Wales
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EXC Nearly 10,000 workers in Scotland’s ā€˜bloated’ public sector are on six-figure salaries telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

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A Scottish Government sanctioned report claims shooting is ā€˜saving the NHS millions of pounds’. The Greens’ Ross Greer says shooting estates ā€œowned by a motley collection of aristocrats, billionaires, tax avoiders & Tory MSPsā€ devastate the environment telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…