Move comes after criticism of remarks in support of football club’s owners following financial regulations breach ruling Andy Burnham has said he will publish all details of his dealings with Manchester City in his previous mayoral role after his intervention in support of the football club’s owners raised eyebrows. Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative party leader, had urged the prime minister to publish everything related to his work with the club as Greater Manchester mayor and the Liberal Democrats wrote to him asking him to release minutes of meetings and declare all hospitality gifts received from owners of Manchester City. Continue reading...

The cultural evisceration of Scotland continues. After we covered the massive cuts to Scottish studies at Edinburgh University [An Act of Monumental Cultural and Educational Vandalism] and news lea…

Scotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit.

Oxford academic Dr Lola Salem denies indecent-image charges. Her recently reported separation from Michael Gove is a separate matter.

There are “ominous signs” that winter pressures are already affecting the NHS in England, according to senior health leaders. The warning comes as new data reveals the waiting list for …

ISRAEL’S cheerleaders have lost. Deep down, that is driving them quite mad. And as reality brutally intrudes time and time again, that shows

New prime minister Andy Burnham is facing renewed calls for independence votes.

AN SNP councillor is looking to ban a new far right group dubbed “Scotland’s version” of the Patriot Platform from holding military-style training sessions on Glasgow Green ...

Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called Traitorbase

Brain drain of psychologists, psychiatrists and nurses leaves NHS ‘weaker’, driving patients to seek care elsewhere

From BBC Scotland today: Transport Secretary Stephen Flynn told a Holyrood committee he knew nothing about a gas leak on board a CalMac ferry, despite records showing he had been emailed about the …

JOHN Swinney has backed Stephen Flynn after a row broke out over whether the Transport Secretary had been briefed about a gas leak on a CalMac ferry before appearing at a Holyrood committee ...

Only ‘very small number’ of people already in Lebanon or Jordan will be referred, says organisation running scheme The Home Office is facing claims it gave false hope to the people of Gaza after it emerged that a new safe route for Palestinian refugees will only be open to those who have already escaped to Lebanon or Jordan. Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, announced the reopening of a resettlement scheme for refugees at Labour’s annual conference last month. A statement from her department said: “Around one in four referrals will be for Afghan women and girls and Palestinian refugees, fleeing war and persecution.” Continue reading...

Some say party risks ‘looking twee’ by focusing on small fixes amid growing nervousness that budget lacks ambition In the days since Labour’s annual conference, party insiders have been sharing a word cloud produced by the pollsters More in Common, which shows the phrases voters most associate with Andy Burnham. Such polling is rarely flattering for politicians, and the prime minister’s version had its fair share of negatives. But one of the most prominent words in the cloud – and the one that has caught the imagination of Labour strategists – was “trying”. Continue reading...

It was decided at a meeting of the council's south planning committee that no objection would be raised to the proposed development.

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England-focused review led by Prof Peter Fonagy returns stark warning and calls for shift to ‘needs-led’ system