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6 days ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Sparrow |Martin Belam |Helena Horton |Severin Carrell

Starmer says tariffs will be cut from 27.5% to 10% on 100,000 car exports to US every yearKeir Starmer is at a Jaguar Land Rover factory. Summing up the deal, he says: This is a deal that will protect British businesses and save thousands of jobs In Britain, really important, skilled, well paid jobs. It will remove tariffs on British steel and aluminium, reducing them to zero.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Severin Carrell

Campaigners in favour of assisted dying have welcomed moves by Scotland’s largest church to take a neutral stance on a new bill to legalise the practice. Members of the Scottish parliament are to hold their first vote next Tuesday on a private member’s bill to legalise assisted dying in Scotland, after months of assessment by a backbench committee. MSPs are expected to vote in favour of allowing the bill to progress to detailed scrutiny but many remain undecided.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Severin Carrell

John Swinney has pledged that Scotland will be the only part of the UK guaranteeing to tackle the cost of living crisis as he heaped pressure on his Labour rivals. The first minister said his government had repeatedly boosted the incomes of the worst off and was successfully tackling child poverty, as he unveiled new policies designed to boost the Scottish National party’s (SNP) re-election hopes next year.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Amy Sedghi |Andrew Sparrow |Kate Lamb |Severin Carrell |Josh Halliday |Robyn Vinter | +1 more

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureStarmer is still talking about defence, and Ukraine. Still no mention of Runcorn …Keir Starmer speaking at a defence firm in Bedfordshire this morning. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty ImagesKeir Starmer is in Luton this morning, where he is now speaking to a group of apprentices. His comments are being broadcast live, but so far he has not said anything about the Runcorn defeat, or any of the other results.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Severin Carrell

The Scottish government has dropped plans to outlaw misogyny and conversion practices before the next Holyrood election, arguing they are too legally complex to deliver in time. Ministers had long promised a bill to criminalise misogyny after Nicola Sturgeon, the then first minister, accepted recommendations from a working group led by the lawyer and human rights expert Helena Kennedy in 2022.