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Keir Starmer calls Nigel Farage a “toxic, divisive disgrace” over comments the Reform leader made about Glasgow schoolchildren

Charities have called for further action to tackle child poverty after the UK Government said it would “lift thousands of children” out of need in Scotland

Keir Starmer calls Nigel Farage a “toxic, divisive disgrace” over comments the Reform leader made about Glasgow schoolchildren

John Swinney has been accused of having his “head in the sand” over the state of the NHS after the publication of a critical report

Thailand-based crypto investor donates £9m to Reform

First Minister John Swinney says the government is pressing the Home Office to address the issue. "The Home Office is the root cause of the issue and difficulties that Mr Harvie raises." #FMQs

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Scottish Greens MSP Patrick Harvie says Glasgow's housing crisis has been "exacerbated" by Home Office changes to the asylum system. He asks what action the Scottish Government has taken to help the council and social landlords tackle a "crisis which is not of their making".

First Minister John Swinney says Scotland's Chief Medical Officer has been asked to look further at the issue of prostate cancer. "I would encourage any man who is concerned about these issues to pursue any testing they think is necessary." #FMQs

Tory MSP @Douglas4Moray asks the First Minister about a recent decision by the UK National Screening Committee not to screen men for prostate cancer. "If we do not have a national programme, we should be encouraging as many men as possible to come forward and get tested..."

First Minister John Swinney says the NHS was "disrupted" for two years because of Covid. "This government is absolutely focussed on making sure that the NHS meets the needs of the people of Scotland." #FMQs

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Scottish Labour leader @AnasSarwar says Scots have paid at least £59m for private medical procedures in the last year. "The truth is that Scots are paying the price for John Swinney's incompetence. Thousands forced to go private to get the treatment they need." #FMQs

First Minister John Swinney: "I am the first to accept there are challenges...but there is also significant progress being made." He says the number of planned and performed operations is at its highest level since January 2020. #FMQs

Labour's @AnasSarwar highlights a "damning" report from Audit Scotland on the state of the NHS. "Isn't it a damning indictment on John Swinney that, despite his promises, long waits persist and that in his hands the NHS is - in Audit Scotland's words - "unsustainable?" #FMQs

Tory leader @RussellFindlay1 says justice secretary Angela Constance has "misled parliament" amid claims she misrepresented the views of Prof Alexis Jay on a Scottish grooming gangs inquiry. #FMQs

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First Minister John Swinney says he has confidence his government is "going about this process in a serious and detailed fashion to make sure the perspective of victims is properly addressed". #FMQs

Scottish Conservatives leader @RussellFindlay1 says the SNP has been "shamed" into holding a grooming gangs review. "[Victims] deserve answers, they deserve justice and that can only achieved by a free, fearless and independent [public] inquiry." #FMQs

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK built its war chest by £10.5m in just three months, figures show

UK Space Agency invests £3.8 million in Scottish space sector

Keir Starmer to meet Norwegian PM in Scotland