
Abbi Garton-Crosbie
Multimedia Political Reporter at The National (Scotland)
Multimedia Political Reporter @ScotNational @SunScotNational Holyrood Weekly podcast host 🎙️ Tips - [email protected]. She/her. Feminist ✊🏼🏳️🌈
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thenational.scot | Abbi Garton-Crosbie
Alister Jack has been sworn into the House of Lords (Image: House of Lords) ALISTER Jack has officially taken his seat in the House of Lords after being sworn in as Lord Jack of Courance. The former Tory Scottish Secretary was nominated for a peerage in former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list, alongside former Tory minister Michael Gove.
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thenational.scot | Abbi Garton-Crosbie
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn in the Commons on March 26, 2025 (Image: PA) THE SNP have called on the Conservatives to use opposition debate time to hold a fresh vote on the UK Government’s Winter Fuel Payment cut. Despite huge losses at the English local elections and reports suggesting ministers were reconsidering the cut, Number 10 insisted they would not be reversing the deeply unpopular policy.
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thenational.scot | Abbi Garton-Crosbie
Gordon Brown's think tank Our Scottish Future has called for a 'year of service' for young Scots (Image: PA) GORDON Brown’s pro-Union think tank has recommended a “year of service” programme for young Scots. Our Scottish Future commissioned a report which suggested this would help Scots gain skills before entering the workforce. It also called for a new Scottish careers service and reforms to employability programmes.
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thenational.scot | Abbi Garton-Crosbie
Polling shows the majority of Scots back rent controls (Image: PA) A HUGE majority of Scots back rent controls and housing protections, polling has found. Commissioned by the Scottish Greens, the survey revealed Scots want to stop landlords from continuing to hike rents. We previously told how hundreds of landlords in Scotland attempted to raise rents above the 12% limit set by Scottish ministers.
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thenational.scot | Abbi Garton-Crosbie
There will be 280 loyalist marches across Scotland in 2025 MORE than 100 Orange Order marches are set to take place in Scotland on one day, a National investigation has found. According to public procession notices lodged with local authorities so far this year, there will be 280 loyalist marches across Scotland in 2025. But our analysis of the figures found that on July 5 there are 114 marches lodged by various Orange Orders across Scotland.
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