Monica Lennon says Scottish Labour could end child poverty ‘within a decade’

direct to your inboxTemperatures plunged to below minus 21C overnight, the lowest in the UK in more than a decade, following an 'extreme freeze'.The mercury dropped to minus 21.4C in Braemar, Aberdeenshire.That's the coldest temperature recorded in the UK since December 2, 2010, when it dropped to minus 21.3C in Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands.The Met Office said the last time a temperature below minus 20C was recorded in the UK was December 23, 2010.In Manchester temperatures fell to minus

Scottish Labour’s leadership contenders have revealed that they could push for income tax rises.Hopefuls Monica Lennon and Anas Sarwar broke the news while debating their political stances on BBC's The Nine programme on Monday.Ms Lennon said any changes would be part of an overall review while Mr Sarwar claimed he wanted to bring in more money to the public purse by increasing the amount paid by top earners.He added: “I think we need a progressive tax system where we get the powers we need to do

Neil Lennon has been allowed an extended stay in the Celtic job because no fans are in the stadium, according to former team-mate Chris Sutton.There have been several protests outside of Celtic Park as Rangers cruised 23-points ahead at the top of the Scottish Premiership.Despite collapse of their title bid and fan fury, the Parkhead top brass have stuck by the gaffer so far.  columnist Sutton believes that the reign may not have been allowed to continue by Peter Lawwell and Dermot Desmond if

whole of the UK and the Republic, which already operate a common travel area. Leitch gave his view to MSP scrutinising the government’s covid response and proposals to monitor travellers arriving in the country.

Roz Foyer said the “likely” election of a majority of pro-indy MSPs made the case for another vote “unanswerable”, but insisted multiple options could be offered.She said further devolution could give MSPs the power to set a higher minimum wage and use inheritance tax to cut inequality.The SNP Government is demanding a second referendum, but the pro-UK parties have refused.However, a growing number of voices believe Scots should be offered a variety of options in a referendum, rather than a

link!She said: “I recently got a bit of a confidence boost when my modern studies teacher in St John Ogilvie High School found me on Twitter and said she was so proud of everything I’d achieved and said ‘you were a superstar in my class and you’re a superstar now’ and I think no matter how old you are, you still want to get that.“I left high school at 16 and was the first in my family to go to university and it was a young age to be there and that meant a lot to me.

Vasilis Barkas hasn’t settled at Celtic and must do more. The Parkhead manager has confirmed Scott Bain will keep the gloves as the Greek is not yet up to the speed and physicality of the Scottish game.

Prime Minister to use his expected trip this week to apologise for Brexit delays affecting the fishing industry.

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link.The MSP added: “We need to look at what was happening in our country before the pandemic.“We know locally that in Larkhall and Blantyre the SNP council closed council-run care homes. We need more council-run care homes, not fewer of them, so I am committed to publicly-owned national care services to make sure that we put people before profit.“I care about our local area.

Jackie Baillie said: "This needs to be sorted and the Scottish Government must tell the water regulator to start properly looking after the financial interests of water customers and not to take more from them than is necessary."Scottish Water is responsible for delivering its service to domestic and business clients, but the Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) sets the charges.According to the WICS, prices are set to increase by an average of 2% above inflation from 2021 over the next

Labour anti-semitism row, has backed MSP Monica Lennon for the top job.

Scots TikTok star who goes by the name 'Littlest Chicken', has created a hilarious new video about Celtic manager Neil Lennon. With ' Neil Lennon the Musical', Jared had many Old Firm fans crying with laughter particularly as Abba's hit 'Mamma Mia' is the backing track.

indyref2 ballot in a bid to make Scotland the best place in the world for workers.In an interview with the Record, she also blasted “hurtful” sexism inside her own party and blasted claims she lacks the experience for the top job.Lennon, Scottish Labour’s health spokeswoman, is going head-to-head with fellow MSP Anas Sarwar for the Scottish Labour leadership after Richard Leonard resigned.The 40-year-old, who is from Blantyre in Lanarkshire, is known for steering through a pioneering law through

Unite said it was endorsing the MSP to replace Richard Leonard as it had worked with her on a number of campaigns, including the succesful proposal to make period products available free of charge.

Daily Record interview, Sarwar predicted he can become First Minister in five years. The Glasgow MSP believes securing second place at May’s Holyrood election would be a “staging post” to Labour entering Government in 2026.

Celtic 's next manager and they make Eddie Howe a 83 per cent chance of becoming the next Parkhead boss. It comes after Neil Lennon 's rant as he let rip on the club's detractors in the wake of their controversial trip to Dubai.

Anas Sarwar says he's 'looking forward' to the battle with Monica Lennon for the Scottish Labour Party hotseat. Sarwar has responded to the news that Lennon has thrown her name into the hat in the race to become the next party leader.