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Read Mhairi Black’s by-election message to young voters: don’t Let Westminster lock you out

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Young people deserve so much more than a narrow choice between red Tories and blue Tories.

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Keir Starmer’s latest U-turn on rent controls proves it’s only the SNP offering real change

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After so many U-turns, will the Labour Party under flip-flopping Keir Starmer actually have any policies left by the next election?

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Mhairi Black’s speech at the Convention on Independence

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Read the full speech by SNP Westminster Depute Leader Mhairi Black

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Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days consumed by failures, scandals and sleaze

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The Prime Ministers chaotic and scandal-ridden time in government is yet more proof that Westminster is incapable of delivering the change that Scotland needs.

Mhairi Black speaking at Conference
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Immoral Tory anti-trade union laws must be scrapped

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While Westminster engages in a toxic race to the bottom, it’s Scotland’s key workers who are set to pay the price.

Mhairi Black and Ian Blackford with the WASPI women
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Tory austerity is linked to almost 20,000 excess deaths in Scotland

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Instead of standing up for people in Scotland who bear the brunt of the deadly Westminster austerity agenda, Douglas Ross’s bunch is siding – as ever – with their Westminster bosses.

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Rishi Sunak is deliberately not doing enough to help those in need

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Rishi Sunak is tinkering around the edges for the poorest families, while delivering £4bn tax cuts for bankers.

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Today, stand up and be counted

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This crucial election will be Scotland’s choice of two different futures. Every vote counts, so let’s stand up and be counted.

Mhairi Black speaking at Conference
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It’s time to make sure Boris Johnson is the UK’s last Prime Minister

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Boris Johnson is a pompous, offensive, crass, and dangerous character. Even worse than he himself, is him with the addition of his hard-right Cabinet.

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This Tory government continues to let us down, especially our older generation

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We’ve now been subjected to nearly a decade of failed Tory austerity and along with low-income families and people with disabilities, older people have been acutely suffering the consequences.

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Government’s job is to improve lives not make them worse and Tories have failed miserably

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The SNP are calling on the Chancellor to use his budget to deliver a major and long-overdue boost to people’s incomes – after a decade of failed Tory austerity cuts that have left the whole country poorer and worse off.

Mhairi Black speaking at Conference
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Tories need to get their own house in order before they can criticise Scotland

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Theresa May’s policy record is shameful. She presides over a parliament where she can’t even get the support of her own backbenchers, never mind the UK as a whole.

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Labour more shameless than the Tories on Brexit

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Just when you thought the UK Government’s shambolic Brexit negotiations couldn’t get any worse, we had the embarrassing spectacle of the EU summit in Salzburg.

Mhairi Black at Conference
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Let’s consign a decade of Tory austerity to the dustbin of history

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This week marks a decade since the financial crisis of 2008, where UK taxpayers were forced to pay billions to bail out the banks.

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Investment in more mental health experts is crucial for the future of young people

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Mhairi Black MP on the SNP’s plans to ensure every secondary school has a counselling service.

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Scotland didn’t vote for austerity but it still cost us £2.6billion

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As MPs head back to Westminster for the start of the new parliamentary year, the coming weeks and months will be a real test of credibility for Tory and Labour politicians in Scotland.

Mhairi Black at Conference
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Poorest in society will pay the price for Tory and Labour Brexit mess

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The UK government must immediately rule out a no deal Brexit, and the Tories and Labour must finally get behind our compromise plan to remain in the single market and customs union.

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The scandal of the Tories’ universal credit sanctions

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The UK Government’s universal credit system has been deeply flawed since its disastrous roll-out began – and all of the evidence shows it is actively harmful to claimants.

Mhairi Black at Conference
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Theresa May must stamp out Tory racism and bigotry

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Boris Johnson is no stranger to controversy. But last week, his remarks about Muslim women and their clothing were the height of bigotry and utterly ­inexcusable.

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UK government must stop the eviction of asylum seekers in Glasgow

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The past week has been a rollercoaster for around 300 asylum seekers in Glasgow who were told by a private housing provider that they faced eviction because they had been refused asylum.

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Ruth Davidson’s Scottish Tories are complicit in steering us towards a catastrophe

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With each week that goes by the Prime Minister’s authority is increasingly ebbing away

Mhairi Black at Conference
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Tories will have a heavy price to pay for ignoring Scotland

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Theresa May was forced to accept extreme Brexit amendments from her right-wing ­backbenchers, to prevent a vote of no confidence in her leadership.

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President Donald Trump could threaten very fabric of democracy

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Some people still try to defend Donald Trump and his deeply unwelcome visit. What his supporters usually say is: “It is important to respect the office of the president.” The answer to that is: “We will – when he starts to.”

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Theresa May’s Chequers fudge sees Scotland dragged to brink of Brexit abyss

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Theresa May’s Cabinet Chequers lockdown was more fudge than a step forward. With their phones confiscated and threat of a taxi back home instead of a ministerial car, the day resembled a scene out of The Thick of It.

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Planned red carpet treatment for Trump on UK visit makes my stomach churn

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When it comes to immigration, Donald Trump and Theresa May have a lot in common.

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Scotland will not be silenced on Tory power grab

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This week the Tories pressed ahead with their attack on Scottish devolution – railroading through a bill that grab powers from the Scottish Parliament and keeps them at Westminster.

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Mhairi Black: Davidson’s Tories are anything but progressive

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Make no mistake, Davidson and her pals may tour the TV studios telling people the Tories are progressive but it doesn’t resemble reality.

Mhairi Black
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Scotland must have and can have a brighter, better future

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We are a small country brimful of talent and resources and with the knowledge that small nations can be the most successful.