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Times Politics@timespolitics · 43 m

‘I was followed home’, says Unite boss as fraud inquiry deepens thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. Sharon Graham says she was harassed for investigating a £112m hotel deal signed by the former Unite boss Len McCluskey

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Times Politics@timespolitics · 8 h

This is a counterintuitive truth for an SNP that supports migration as a badge of honour yet people not born in Scotland made the difference in the referendum | ✍️ Kenny Farquharson thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. This is a counterintuitive truth for an SNP that supports migration as a badge of honour yet people not born in Scotland made the difference in the referendum

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Times Politics@timespolitics · 8 h

An SNP minister has demanded an apology from the UK environment secretary over “inaccurate and misleading” claims that England’s water is better than Scotland’s thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. The UK environment secretary said that ‘pollution in Scotland is worse than in England’. The SNP climate secretary Gillian Martin wants the remark withdrawn

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Times Politics@timespolitics · 9 h

Was Trump's mother Scottish? Trump’s links to Scotland — from his golf courses to family history — ahead of this week's visit ⬇️ thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. Trump Scotland visit: The US president visits the UK this week to see his new golf course

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Times Politics@timespolitics · 9 h

Keir Starmer approval rating: tracking the PM’s popularity thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. How popular is Keir Starmer? What are the latest opinion polls? Check our live approval rating tracker

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Times Politics@timespolitics · 13 h

Kemi Badenoch takes on pastoral role in cabinet reshuffle thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. Plus: Lindsay Hoyle’s menagerie; Prince Harry’s Test match temper; how to tackle a child like Graham Taylor; and an ex-Python’s catchy performance

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Times Politics@timespolitics · 19 h

MPs ‘openly hostile’ to Starmer’s pick as equalities watchdog chief thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. Two Commons committees refused to endorse Mary-Ann Stephenson — but are likely to be overruled by the equalities minister

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Times Politics@timespolitics · 20 h

Repair ‘social fabric’ or risk repeat of summer riots, says No 10 thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner tell cabinet a fresh round of Southport-style unrest is likely if the public’s concerns over immigration are not addressed

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Times Politics@timespolitics · 20 h

Women and children ‘will suffer most from overseas aid cuts’ thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. Plans to reduce spending on health projects in Africa will mostly affect women and children, the Foreign Office has warned

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Times Politics@timespolitics · 21 h

Finch the Even Younger: Reform’s council leader takes the reins thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. George Finch has been elected to lead Warwickshire county council. The student politician will need to learn quickly on the job

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Times Politics@timespolitics · 21 h

What Kemi Badenoch’s reshuffle says about the state of the Tories thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. The Conservatives are facing an existential threat from Reform. Will the new-look shadow cabinet make a difference?

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Times Politics@timespolitics · 22 h

Rachel Reeves refuses to rule out wealth tax despite fresh warnings thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. Chancellor is told there could be ‘large-scale capital flight’ and that it is implausible to suggest the levy could raise £10bn

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Times Politics@timespolitics · 23 h

Unite’s Len McCluskey flew to Champions League final in private jet thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. The former leader enjoyed trips to football provided by a building firm which overcharged his union by £30m for a hotel complex, report claims

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Times Politics@timespolitics · Jul 22

Sir Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has been informally advising the Democrats’ left-wing New York mayoral candidate on how to win his election thetimes.com/uk/london/arti…

timespolitics's tweet card. Mayor of London trades texts with left-wing Democrat about seizing centre ground after he secured party nomination — and was called a ‘lunatic’ by Trump

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Times Politics@timespolitics · Jul 22

NHS manager tells an employment tribunal there was ‘nobody who could provide evidence’ of what happened during nurse’s clash with Dr Beth Upton thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. NHS manager tells an employment tribunal there was ‘nobody who could provide evidence’ of what happened during nurse’s clash with Dr Beth Upton

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Times Politics@timespolitics · Jul 22

Reform teenager George Finch voted in as leader of Warwickshire council thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. Finch got a less-than-enthusiastic welcome as he was elected to run £2 billion Warwickshire county council, having taken over temporarily

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Times Politics@timespolitics · Jul 22

Reform teenager George Finch voted in as leader of Warwickshire council thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

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Times Politics@timespolitics · Jul 22

Voters at next year’s Holyrood election may prove unwilling to forgive a party that has failed to question itself and its policies | ✍️ Magnus Linklater thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. Voters at next year’s Holyrood election may prove unwilling to forgive a party that has failed to question itself and its policies

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Times Politics@timespolitics · Jul 22

Lorna Slater is said to have ‘wrongly declared’ that locals on the island of Rum were against a sale of Kinloch Castle, a mock-Hebridean fortress that the King once tried to save thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. Lorna Slater is said to have ‘wrongly declared’ that locals on the island of Rum were against a sale of Kinloch Castle

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Times Politics@timespolitics · Jul 22

Self-proclaimed trans ally loses out on top spot in the North East regional list to hard-left rival who lodged bullying complaints against her thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

timespolitics's tweet card. Self-proclaimed trans ally loses out on top spot in the North East regional list to hard-left rival who lodged bullying complaints against her

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