Angus Cochrane
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No bullying complaints about MSP Monica Lennon, Scottish Labour leader says (opens the original)
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Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra says the party has not received any complaints about MSP Monica Lennon. It comes after The Scotsman reported, external that four of Lennon's former staffers had accused her of bullying. The Glasgow MSP has denied the allegations and described them as defamatory. Marra, who saw off competition from Lennon to win the Scottish Labour leadership this summer, said that neither the party nor its parliamentary group had received a complaint. In a short statement to
Peter Murrell's legal aid withdrawn after embezzlement conviction (opens the original)
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Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, who was jailed in June for embezzling more than £400,000 from the party, has had his legal aid withdrawn. Murrell, the estranged husband of ex-First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, was sentenced to five years after using the funds to buy goods ranging from a luxury motorhome to toiletries. He was granted legal aid - government-funded assistance typically given to people who cannot afford it - last year. But The Scotsman, external reported Murrell was informed
Burnham's plan to end pension triple lock a bad idea - Swinney (opens the original)
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The prime minister's plan to end the triple lock on pensions is a "bad idea", First Minister John Swinney has said. The policy ensures that state pensions increase annually in line with inflation, average wage growth, or 2.5% - whichever is highest. However, at the Labour conference, Andy Burnham said that from April 2030 the annual earnings option would be dropped. Burnham also hit back at Swinney's claim that he would be the UK's last prime minster, insisting he was "determined" to prove the S
Swinney backs decriminalisation of drugs after spike in deaths (opens the original)
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First Minister John Swinney has reaffirmed his government's support for decriminalising all drugs for personal use following a spike in drugs deaths. Scotland has retained its grim moniker as Europe's drugs deaths capital after it was revealed there were 1,133 fatalities related to illicit drugs last year, a rise of 116 (11%) on 2024. Swinney described the rise as "unacceptable and intolerable", but opposition leaders rounded on the first minister, calling his record "indefensible". The UK gover
Reform MSPs walk out of parliament in protest against independence debate (opens the original)
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Reform MSPs have walked out of the Holyrood chamber in protest against a debate about Scottish independence. The party's Scottish leader Malcolm Offord, who had tried to have the debate cancelled because it related to non-devolved matters, described it as an insult and a waste of time. He then led his MSPs out of the chamber, to jeers from the rest of the parliament. It came after First Minister John Swinney tabled a non-binding motion asserting Scotland's right to decide its constitutional futu
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