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The image circulating on social media shows Ms Whittome, among others, at a Stand Up To Racism demonstration in October 2024, but the text on the placard has been edited. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer claimed that the state pension ‘will increase by more than any loss of the Winter Fuel Payment’. Read
This figure has been shared on social media, but the 80% refers to those on the electoral register who didn’t vote for Labour, including those who did not vote at all or who spoiled their ballot. Read
Mr Starmer was awarded a knighthood a decade ago for his work as head of the Crown Prosecution Service and Director of Public Prosecutions. Read
Labour’s shadow health secretary has said the recording circulating on social media is a fake. Read
Some centralised functions for the Labour party, of which Scottish Labour is a subsidiary, are run from this location. Read
The bills referred to were for her London home and claiming these costs is allowed under parliamentary rules. Read
The SNP has claimed Labour’s energy plans could cost up “up to 100,000 Scottish jobs”. Read
Labour says there are 100 times as many potholes in the UK as craters on the moon, but recent data suggests that’s probably not true. Read
The clip may have been generated by artificial intelligence, though we don’t know that for sure. Read
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