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The National
thenational.scot > news > 26483127.scottish-ministers-defend-near-100k-world-cup-travel-costs

Scottish ministers defend near £100k World Cup travel expenditure for officials

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (649+ words) THE Scottish Government spent close to £100,000 sending officials to the US in June. The expenditure was spent on 16 individuals – including the First Minister and two senior aides, and Sports Minister Maree Todd – travelling during the World Cup. John Swinney visited…...

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thenational.scot > news > 26288353.mammoth-cut-uk-malawi-budget-slammed-scottish-minister

UK Government's mammoth cut to Malawi budget slammed by Scottish minister

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (617+ words) A SCOTTISH minister has slammed a confirmed 90% cut to the UK's aid budget for Malawi, branding it "alarming". The UK Government is taking what Oxfam has described as a "sledgehammer" to overseas aid from 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) to…...

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thenational.scot > news > 26235445.public-trained-decide-asylum-seeker-cases

Public to be trained to decide asylum appeals instead of immigration judges

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (297+ words) MEMBERS of the public will be trained to decide asylum appeals instead of immigration judges under reforms to speed up outcomes as Shabana Mahmood pledged the removal of 45,000 failed claimants and foreign offenders. The Home Secretary will set out plans…...

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thenational.scot > news > 26025123.malcolm-offord-hiv-row-reignites-charity-says-got-sums-wrong

Malcolm Offord HIV row reignites as charity says he got sums wrong

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (508+ words) MALCOLM Offord got his figures wrong during an offensive tirade about immigrants being treated for HIV, according to a leading AIDS charity. The Reform UK Scotland leader launched into a rambling account of a visit he claimed to have made…...

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thenational.scot > news > 25876300.nigel-farage-mocked-failed-chagos-islands-stunt

Nigel Farage mocked for failed 'attention seeking' Chagos Islands stunt

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (900+ words) NIGEL Farage has been mocked for claiming he had been blocked from entering the Chagos Islands by the UK Government. The Reform UK leader posted a video on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday claiming that the UK Government is "applying…...

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thenational.scot > news > 25870951.uk-refuses-let-donald-trump-use-chagos-islands-attack-iran

UK refuses to let Donald Trump to use Chagos Islands base to attack Iran

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (816+ words) DONALD Trump has withdrawn his support for the handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius because the UK will not agree to the US military using British bases to attack Iran, it has been reported. The Times newspaper reports that…...

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thenational.scot > news > 25867761.donlad-trump-tells-keir-starmer-chagos-handover-big-mistake

Donlad Trump warns Keir Starmer Chagos handover is 'big mistake' day after backing it

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (372+ words) KEIR Starmer faces another round of US diplomacy after Donald Trump attacked the UK’s Chagos Islands deal a day after his administration said he supported it. In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president said the deal…...

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thenational.scot > news > 25806497.keir-starmer-discusses-whisky-tariffs-china-trip

Keir Starmer discusses whisky tariffs during China trip

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (422+ words) KEIR Starmer has discussed whisky tariffs in his meeting with Xi Jinping during his trip to China. The Prime Minister said he and the Chinese leader had discussed how “huge opportunities” in China could benefit people back in the UK,…...

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thenational.scot > news > 25725453.europe-uk-unlikely-immune-revolutions-led-gen-z

Europe and the UK unlikely to be immune to revolutions led by Gen Z

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (791+ words) IT started, sort of, with a Christmas tree. Not the artificial snow-flocked multi-coloured monstrosity that dominates my front room, but a pile of Cartier, Gucci and Louis Vuitton boxes, decked out with baubles and tree lights in Nepal. This tree…...

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thenational.scot > news > 25682433.labour-mull-cutting-malawi-aid-almost-nothing-savings-drive

Labour mull cutting Malawi aid to 'almost nothing' in savings drive

9+ mon, 5+ day ago   (707+ words) MALAWI is at risk of receiving “almost nothing” from the UK as a result of Labour’s swingeing cuts to international aid, The National can reveal. Concerns are growing that the southeastern African nation, one of the least developed in the…...