Keith Brown followed John Swinney, the first minister and a close friend of Matheson, in claiming that proper process had not been followed by the Holyrood standards committee that investigated the former health minister’s actions thetimes.co.uk/article/michae…

The decision by the UK foreign secretary to terminate the agreement after years of discussions has been criticised as ‘entirely political’
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Anas Sarwar’s political opponents have accused him of hypocrisy after the Scottish Labour leader said his own family’s firm was not paying its workers the real living wage thetimes.co.uk/article/anas-s…

By refusing to accept his colleague’s punishment following the iPad fiasco, the first minister is risking the wrath of voters and giving rival parties an easy line of attack | ✍️ Iain Macwhirter thetimes.co.uk/article/john-s…

Sir Ed Davey launched his party’s general election campaign with a strategy to win over ‘Surrey shufflers’ in the Home Counties — focusing resources on dozens of blue wall seats ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/lib-de…

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: No 10 needs to stop trying to “placate” Rishi Sunak and instead give airtime to more popular colleagues like Kemi Badenoch and Penny Mordaunt, a cabinet minister has said in a private memo ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/no-10-…

Nato member states need to “wake up” and increase defence spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product, Grant Shapps will say in a speech on Wednesday aimed at preparing Europe for a second Donald Trump presidency ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/wake-u…

A Tory member of parliament has told how he lost all four limbs to sepsis, but now wants to get back to work and be known as the “bionic MP” ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/i-lost…

Households should ensure their cupboards have enough tinned food and bottled water to be self-sufficient for at least three days in order to be prepared for a national crisis ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/stock-…

Labour will promise to banish “identikit” homes from new towns, saying that it will insist on local character in developments ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/no-ide…

Scotland’s most senior civil servant will be pushed on the “shambles” of ministers repeatedly failing to provide accurate information about the cost of key policies ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/civil-…

The foreign secretary has warned Rishi Sunak that universities will face job losses and even closure if he pushes ahead with curbs to graduate visas in an attempt to reduce migration ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/visa-c…

Austria will formally endorse Britain’s Rwanda deportation scheme as Rishi Sunak visits Vienna to agree closer co-operation between the two countries on tackling illegal migration ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/austri…

Labour has said that it will not force through substantial changes to the gender recognition process without “considering the impact on others” as the party was accused of allowing self-identification “by the back door” ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/labour…

Thousands dead, 40 years of cover-up: it’s time for justice for infected blood victims.

Here's how a campaign by The Sunday Times uncovered one of the biggest scandals in NHS history 🧵

✍️ caroline wheeler

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Michael Gove is to appear on Times Radio on Tuesday morning to discuss antisemitism in an exclusive interview ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/michae…

Decades of failure and cover-up by the British state has been set out today as the infected blood inquiry publishes its final report into how tens of thousands of people contracted diseases through being given contaminated blood products ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/infect…

Rishi Sunak is focused on helping the poorest despite being richer than the King, a cabinet minister has insisted ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/dont-b…

Labour’s plan for workers’ rights risks overwhelming employment tribunals by granting day-one protections to millions of employees, it has been warned ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/labour…

Properties and land that were bought by the government around the subsequently axed northern leg of the HS2 high-speed train line are costing taxpayers about £50 million per year to maintain, official figures show ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/disuse…