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SNP demand apology from Labour for 'misleading voters' over cuts denials
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![Seven Labour rebels voted against the whip and backed the SNP motion to scrap the child benefit cap](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18348222.jpg)
![Seven Labour rebels voted against the whip and backed the SNP motion to scrap the child benefit cap](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18348222.jpg)
Spotlight
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![Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during the debate on the King's Speech in the House of Commons](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18340068.jpg)
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![The SNP wrote to Foreign Secretary David Lammy (Jordan Pettitt/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17944360.jpg)
![The SNP wrote to Foreign Secretary David Lammy (Jordan Pettitt/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17944360.jpg)
![Child poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14324388.jpg)
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![Deputy PM Angela Rayner this week told the BBC:](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18210150.jpg)
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![Humza Yousaf and his wife Nadia El-Nakla](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17868184.jpg)
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![John Swinney and Kate Forbes shoud go on the front foot](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18324428.jpg)
![John Swinney and Kate Forbes shoud go on the front foot](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18324428.jpg)
![Kate Forbes and Stephen Flynn at the SBP's General Election manifesto launch](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18285805.jpg)
![Kate Forbes and Stephen Flynn at the SBP's General Election manifesto launch](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18285805.jpg)
![Two child cap: Scots voted for 'substantial change' at Westminster says SNP's Flynn](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18317026.jpg)
![Two child cap: Scots voted for 'substantial change' at Westminster says SNP's Flynn](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18317026.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17793123.jpg)
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Updated
![Two years on, ScotRail is still failing the travelling public](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10811248.jpg)
![Two years on, ScotRail is still failing the travelling public](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10811248.jpg)
![SNP MSPs divided over location of Labour's GB Energy HQ](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18144110.jpg)
![SNP MSPs divided over location of Labour's GB Energy HQ](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18144110.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17222699.jpg)
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![Scotland supporters in the Cologne Stadium last month for the Euro 2024 match against Switzerland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18312963.jpg)
![Scotland supporters in the Cologne Stadium last month for the Euro 2024 match against Switzerland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18312963.jpg)
![Where do our MPs come from?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18304616.jpg)
![Where do our MPs come from?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18304616.jpg)
![Jim Sillars branded Nicola Sturgeon 'Stalin's wee sister'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18168150.jpg)
![Jim Sillars branded Nicola Sturgeon 'Stalin's wee sister'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18168150.jpg)
Rab McNeil
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![ScotRail services are being severely disrupted by a dispute with the train drivers' union, Aslef](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14261801.jpg)
![ScotRail services are being severely disrupted by a dispute with the train drivers' union, Aslef](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14261801.jpg)
![Kate Forbes said change is needed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18296764.jpg)
![Kate Forbes said change is needed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18296764.jpg)
![Should the impending mothballing of Ineos's Grangemouth plant serve as a warning to Scotland?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17761553.jpg)
![Should the impending mothballing of Ineos's Grangemouth plant serve as a warning to Scotland?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17761553.jpg)
![The SNP needs to find a way to get on the front foot, and rapidly](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18299171.jpg)
![The SNP needs to find a way to get on the front foot, and rapidly](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18299171.jpg)
![Many are pointing the finger at Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16092896.jpg)
![Many are pointing the finger at Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16092896.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer withn his wife Victoria](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18277750.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer withn his wife Victoria](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18277750.jpg)
Letter of the Day 📨
![The legally set target is to reduce relative child poverty to 10% by 2030 (stock pic)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10874491.jpg)
![The legally set target is to reduce relative child poverty to 10% by 2030 (stock pic)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10874491.jpg)
![Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government created the NHS and the welfare state](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17835000.jpg)
![Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government created the NHS and the welfare state](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17835000.jpg)
![Jim Sillars has penned an open letter to SNP members lambasting the party's failure to progress the cause of independence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18295811.jpg)
![Jim Sillars has penned an open letter to SNP members lambasting the party's failure to progress the cause of independence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18295811.jpg)
![Keir Starmer with some of the new intake of Labour MPs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18295246.jpg)
![Keir Starmer with some of the new intake of Labour MPs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18295246.jpg)
![there has been a relentless process of centralisation with powers concentrated in Edinburgh](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13555499.jpg)
![there has been a relentless process of centralisation with powers concentrated in Edinburgh](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13555499.jpg)
![The Scottish Government cut nearly £200 million from the affordable housing budget](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18294163.jpg)
![The Scottish Government cut nearly £200 million from the affordable housing budget](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18294163.jpg)
![Support for independence is still hovering around the 50 per cent mark](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16206078.jpg)
![Support for independence is still hovering around the 50 per cent mark](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16206078.jpg)
![SNP Alison Thewliss is consoled after losing the Glasgow North seat at Emirates Arena in Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18288056.jpg)
![SNP Alison Thewliss is consoled after losing the Glasgow North seat at Emirates Arena in Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18288056.jpg)
IN FULL
![Nicola Sturgeon at the SNP conference in 2022](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16336986.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon at the SNP conference in 2022](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16336986.jpg)
![Police numbers soared during the first SNP administration](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7116599.jpg)
![Police numbers soared during the first SNP administration](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7116599.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney launching the SNP's election campaign in Glasgow in May](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18148408.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney launching the SNP's election campaign in Glasgow in May](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18148408.jpg)
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![Kate Forbes and Stephen Flynn at the SNP's General Election manifesto launch](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18285805.jpg)
![The new political map of Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18282102.jpg)
![The new political map of Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18282102.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney](/resources/images/128x89/1x/3812470.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney](/resources/images/180x180/1x/3812470.jpg)
![Mhairi Black and Douglas Alexander at the declaration of the Paisley and Renfrewshire South result in 2015](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16283818.jpg)
![Mhairi Black and Douglas Alexander at the declaration of the Paisley and Renfrewshire South result in 2015](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16283818.jpg)
![Former SNP MP Hannah Bardell with First Minister John Swinney](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18184823.jpg)
![Former SNP MP Hannah Bardell with First Minister John Swinney](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18184823.jpg)
![John Swinney speaking to the media the day after the SNP's General Election defeat](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18284612.jpg)
![John Swinney speaking to the media the day after the SNP's General Election defeat](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18284612.jpg)
![Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar at the Scottish Labour election launch](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18119857.jpg)
![Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar at the Scottish Labour election launch](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18119857.jpg)
LETTER OF THE DAY 📨
![SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16356720.jpg)
![SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16356720.jpg)
![Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13246916.jpg)
![Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13246916.jpg)
![Former SNP MPs Joanna Cherry and Ian Blackford](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13918880.jpg)
![Former SNP MPs Joanna Cherry and Ian Blackford](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13918880.jpg)
General Election
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