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Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a victory rally at the Tate Modern in London (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

How Labour's surge to power claimed Tory big beasts amid Reform surge

Infected blood campaigners in Parliament Square in London ahead of the publication of the final report into the scandal. Photo: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Blood scandal victims to get payouts after decades-long fight

Work continues on HMS Venturer, a Royal Navy Type 31 frigate pictured in January last year, at Babcock’s Rosyth yard (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Extra UK defence spending means a shipbuilding boom for Scotland

Explainer Who are the big name MPs at risk of losing their seats at the general election?

Fireworks explode over Edinburgh Castle and the Balmoral Clock during the street party for Hogmanay New Year celebrations in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Edinburgh Castle gun told to fire quieter amid health and safety row

Number 10 hopes new funding will create more than 8,000 career opportunities to help the sector fill 40,000 new roles by the end of the decade.

Rishi Sunak declares ‘critical national endeavour’ to boost nuclear industry

Russian President and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin meets with the media at his campaign headquarters in Moscow. Picture: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images

Putin accused of behaving like 'modern-day Stalin' after claiming fifth term

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack during his visit to the Port of Leith, part of Forth Green Freeports. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Readers' Letters: Polwarth is thriving

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has been urged to increase defence spending.

Budget a chance for UK government to 'get serious' on defence, SNP say

HMS Vigilant at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, which carries the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent. Picture: PA

What is Trident, where is it based in Scotland and who is against it?

Undated handout file photo issued by the Ministry of Defence of the test firing of a Trident missile.

Trident missile misfire represents ‘wider failing’ in UK strategy, SNP claims

Embarrassment as Trident missile test fired from nuclear sub fails

HMS Diamond, a Royal Navy warship that recently shot down a suspected attack drone in the Red Sea. Picture: Phot Belinda Alker/MoD/Crown copyright/PA

SNP condemn ‘short-term commitments’ from MOD

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is being urged to hold a debate on the strikes in Yemen.

Rishi Sunak denies MPs vote over Houthi attacks

A Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 taking off to carry out air strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Picture: Jake Green/MoD/AFP via Getty Images

UK and US carry out joint air strikes in Yemen against Houthis

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Image: Andrii Nesterenko/Getty Images.

New poll predicts Conservative wipeout at 2024 general election

Library picture of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond (left) alongside the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Picture SWNS

PM briefs Cabinet amid speculation of strike over Red Sea attacks

James Cleverly will hopefully be an improvement on his predecessors as Home Secretary (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)

Cleverly's appointment as Home Secretary may be far from 'batshit'

Could Autumn Statement be Rishi Sunak’s last chance saloon? Brian Monteith

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A woman reacts while holding a pillow as she stands amid debris outside the site of the Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza in the aftermath of an overnight strike there. Photo: AFP via Getty Images

Sunak visits Israel calling for ‘calm’ after hospital blast

The Prime Minister is reportedly "alarmed" by the ballooning costs of the HS2 [project amid rumours that his government may be about to announce that the Northern leg of the line will be scrapped. (Credit: Hollie Adams/PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak 'alarmed' by costs of HS2 project amid Cabinet split

Rishi Sunak is reportedly drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax as he looks to attract voters ahead of the next general election. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak considering inheritance tax cut

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UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps. Image: Daniel Leal/Getty Images.

Armed forces watching new defence secretary Grant Shapps

Analysis Grant Shapps becoming Defence Secretary makes Rishi Sunak's job easier

Grant Shapps appointed Defence Secretary after Ben Wallace resigns

We need a social tariff for energy, lives depend on it Kenny MacAskill

Sunak may have waded into a sea of troubles

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce the party's net zero energy strategy during a visit to Scotland's oil and gas heartland in Aberdeen next month. Picture: Robert Perry/PA

Labour plan to ban new North Sea oil and gas branded ‘pie in the sky’

Diane Abbott. Picture: PA

Diane Abbott has Labour whip suspended over comments on 'white racism'

Grant Shapps will unveil the UK Government's energy security plans on Thursday.

Backing for Scotland Acorn carbon capture project under energy plans

The UK Government is looking for ways to spend money in Scotland, but isn't interested in waving a Union Jack about it (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Will Yousaf meet UK Government halfway on ways to improve life in Scotland?

Grant Shapps Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary. (Credit: Parliament)

Government change receipt rules on £200 Alternative Fuel Payment

Energy secretary Grant Shapps is set to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Energy secretary Grant Shapps to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Comedian Frankie Boyle and climate campaigner Vanessa Nakate have urged the Prime Minister to throw out plans to develop a new oil and gas field in the North Sea.

Frankie Boyle calls on PM to reject plans for Rosebank oil field

Rishi Sunak has carried out a sweeping shake-up of Whitehall with the creation of four new Government departments aimed at boosting economic growth and addressing the energy crisis.

What Rishi Sunak's Cabinet reshuffle is meant to achieve

A charity has claimed the practice of energy companies forcibly installing prepayment meters by “breaking into” people’s homes is widespread in Scotland.

Forcibly installing prepayment meters ‘widespread’ in Scotland, charities claim

Several autonomous passenger buses are being trialled but there is likely to be resistance from some passengers.

Comment: Autonomous bus services are taking us all for a ride

All aboard - the first 'driverless' bus ran with passengers for the first time

Route for new ‘driverless bus’ expands in Fife

People at risk of a heart attack or stroke are going to bed worrying whether the NHS will be there for them (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Tories and SNP are failing the NHS as crisis deepens – Christine Jardine
There was a moment this week when I found myself briefly, very briefly, in agreement with Conservative minister Grant Shapps.

Business Secretary Grant Shapps making a statement to MPs in the House of Commons, London, where he formally introduced the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill.

Tories accused of trying to 'outdo Thatcher' after unveiling anti-strike law

Royal Mail threat to increase first class stamps price to more than £1

Business groups have written to Business Secretary Grant Shapps warning him that tight deadlines to review EU-derived laws is creating uncertainty for businesses (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Smart Money: Rush to ‘sunset’ EU laws creating unnecessary uncertainty

Business Secretary Grant Shapps has been urged to end renewables being pegged to gas prices.

Energy Secretary urged to end renewables cost being pegged to gas prices

Rishi Sunak is under fire for bringing Sir Gavin Williamson back into the Government despite being warned that he was under investigation for allegedly bullying a female colleague.

Analysis: Williamson appointment shows loyalty still comes before suitability

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt (left) seated next to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Hunt said to be preparing up to £60bn in tax rises and spending cuts

King Charles III (far left) arrives with, (left to tight) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Alok Sharma (centre) who presided over COP26 and Brian Moynihan, chair and CEO of Bank of America and Co-Chair of the Sustainable Markets Initiative. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Sunak reviews major projects and considers capital gains tax rise

Octopus Energy has sealed a deal to buy Bulb, its collapsed rival which has been run with billions of pounds of Government support for nearly a year. On Saturday, Octopus announced it is taking on Bulb's 1.5 million customers, "bringing an end to taxpayer losses and uncertainty for Bulb customers and employees", after the firm was placed into special administration in November 2021.

Octopus energy gets approval for deal to buy collapsed rival Bulb

Octopus Energy announces Bulb takeover: Everything you need to know

Grant Shapps is the new home secretary. Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images.

Who is new home secretary Grant Shapps?

Jeremy Hunt leaves 10 Downing Street in London after he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer following the resignation of Kwasi Kwarteng. Picture date: Friday October 14, 2022.

Jeremy Hunt to make emergency statement to stabilise the market

Prime Minister Liz Truss arrives in Downing Street in London, after delivering her keynote speech at the Conservative Party annual conference in Birmingham.

More protesters than policies leaves Truss fighting for her future

Liz Truss and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng visit a construction site for a medical innovation campus in Birmingham

Liz Truss loses control of Cabinet ahead of crunch Tory conference speech

Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng U-turns on scrapping 45p tax rate

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