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John Swinney ramps up calls for Scottish control over energy to end 'Westminster rip-off'
The First Minister said transferring over powers would allow Holyrood the chance to end the 'hated' windfall tax on offshore oil and gas
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PoliticsKeir Starmer branded a 'dead duck' Prime Minister in scathing takedown by Tory MP: 'He's misled Parliament!'
Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle confirmed Keir Starmer is set to face a crunch vote on Tuesday over claims he misled MPs
PoliticsKeir Starmer visits Ukraine just hours after Russian missiles batter Kyiv in final overseas visit as PM
Sir Keir will tell Volodymyr Zelensky what to expect from his successor Andy Burnham - who becomes Labour leader on Friday
Politics'Career civil servants' dominate Whitehall as dossier reveals 61% of top mandarins haven't worked in private sector
Political parties of all stripes have been calling for a major shake-up in Whitehall for decades
PoliticsKeir Starmer to make Labour MPs block sleaze probe as PM braces for crunch vote
Sir Lindsay Hoyle is expected to grant a request to hold a vote on the privileges committee investigating the Prime Minister
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Tory MP declares British voters 'need transparency' amid plan to remove foreign languages from election campaigns
The Green Party used Urdu in their most recent by-election campaign literature
'Kick him out!' Labour MPs urged to 'grow a backbone' and boot Keir Starmer
The Prime Minister is clinging onto his job as intense public pressure hammers his premiership
Keir Starmer accused of 'gaslighting' Jewish community after Golders Green stabbing: 'Meaningless words!'
Two Jewish men were stabbed in broad daylight in Golders Green on Wednesday
Keir Starmer branded Morgan McSweeney's 'empty vessel' after dodging sleaze probe
The Prime Minister avoided an investigation into his handling of the Peter Mandelson scandal after whipping Labour MPs
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Keir Starmer’s final three failures exposed as ousted PM scrambles to rewrite history
The PM is set to step down in just a few days
Tory MP removes Reform councillor from Send community meeting over 'divisive presence'
'SEND families deserve to be heard, regardless of politics', said councillor Samantha Gethen
Ex-armed officer left 'raging with fury' after Sadiq Khan's bodyguards 'misplace' bag full of guns
'This is a systemic little cover-up of poor timesaving procedures in that group,' the ex-police officer told GB News
'Shameful!' Labour MP shut down in fiery clash over Andy Burnham's uncontested path to power
The Makerfield MP is set to become the next Prime Minister as soon as next week
'Changing Prime Minister is not a silver bullet, Labour's problems may be only just beginning!' Kemi Badenoch warns Andy Burnham ahead of coronation
The leader of the opposition's comments came during Keir Starmer's last PMQs
Nigel Farage drops Reform UK pledge to nationalise water and energy companies just months after insisting it would 'cost a lot less'
A Reform spokesman said there would be 'scope for greater state involvement in utilities'