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🎙️ Latest Planet Holyrood | In Conversation with Joe Fagan.

In Conversation with Joe Fagan | Planet Holyrood

The Record's political editor Paul Hutcheon speaks to Scottish Labour leadership contender Joe Fagan. He is asked why he wants to go for what many see as the hardest job in politics, whether it is merely about the party's managed decline and how he would solve the asylum crisis in Glasgow and the c

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EXC: Scottish Labour leadership candidate backs review of Holyrood's liberal homelessness laws to tackle Glasgow refugee crisis.

Call to review Holyrood's liberal homelessness laws to tackle refugee crisis

EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Labour leader hopeful Joe Fagan said rethinking the abolition of "priority need" should be carried out in a "rational" way".

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Glasgow in crisis over £110m black hole fuelled by refugee homelessness crisis.

Glasgow in critical £110m black hole fuelled by refugee homelessness crisis

Total costs for helping people without a home stood at £38m in 2025/26, but estimates suggest this will balloon to £56m this year and then to £75m.

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EXC: A Scottish Labour MP has said a twenty-five year ban on indyref3 should be a condition of a second referendum.

Scottish Labour MP says indyref3 ban should be condition of second referendum

Brian Leishman said his party should engage with the process of setting out a route for another vote on independence.

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Analysis | John Swinney’s ropey food price cap plan risks overshadowing the positive measures he announced in his Programme for Government.

Dodgy supermarket price cap plan risks derailing John Swinney's SNP Government

In his response to the Programme for Government, Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the food price cap plan is going nowhere.

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EXCL: John Swinney pulled up SNP Cabinet colleague Stephen Flynn over his World Cup jaunt. Emails show the FM had concerns Flynn would miss the Aberdeen South by-election he himself had caused.

John Swinney pulled up SNP Cabinet colleague Stephen Flynn over World Cup trip

EXCLUSIVE: The clash was contained in Scottish Government emails released under freedom of information.

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EXC: Anger as SNP sex pest Patrick Grady visits the Scottish Parliament to attend Holyrood committee. The shamed former MP attended the Parliament hours before John Swinney's Programme for Government.

Anger as SNP sex pest visits Scottish Parliament to attend Holyrood committee

EXCLUSIVE: The shamed former MP attended a meeting of the Europe, External Affairs and International Development committee.

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As revealed by the Record on Saturday, John Swinney will take an axe to NHS boards in his Programme for Government today.

Scandal-hit NHS boards could be axed by SNP in huge shake up of services

EXCLUSIVE: Insiders say the SNP Government is looking at making a big reduction to the 20-plus health boards in Scotland.

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Analysis | John Swinney mapped out the SNP's strategy for the next five years at an onion bhaji summit on Friday with his MSPs and MPs.

Inside the onion bhaji summit where John Swinney mapped out the next five years

In an analysis, Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the First Minister will reach out to his opponents to secure support for his legislative plans.

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NEW: Scottish Labour leadership candidate says he will push for justice for retired footballers with dementia if he wins.

Call for retired footballers with dementia to get benefits from SNP Government

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Marra, who is trying to succeed Anas Sarwar as Scottish Labour leader, said he would commit a future Labour Government to the policy.

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EXC: Councillor reveals she struggled to eat or sleep during free speech battle with ethics body.

Councillor reveals she could not eat or sleep during free speech battle

EXCLUSIVE: Fiona Higgins has opened up on the personal off of taking on the Standards Commission.

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EXC: Council mergers could be given green light under plans being considered by First Minister John Swinney.

Council mergers could be given green light under plans by John Swinney

EXCLUSIVE: Enabling legislation allowing fewer local authorities is being considered by the Scottish Government.

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EXC: First Minister John Swinney is considering a huge cull of NHS boards in the biggest health service shake up in decades. The SG is looking at a move it hopes will free up resources. The Programme for Government is on Tuesday.

Scandal-hit NHS boards could be axed by SNP in huge shake up of services

EXCLUSIVE: Insiders say the SNP Government is looking at making a big reduction to the 20-plus health boards in Scotland.

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🚨 EXC: The Standards Commission is refusing to reveal their legal costs after a court defeat to Glasgow councillor Fiona Higgins in a free speech case. They claimed they would be exposed to “public comment” if they confirmed the taxpayer-funded bill.

Ethics watchdog refuses to reveal legal costs after court defeat to councillor

The Standards Commission said they would be exposed to “public comment” if they revealed the legal bill in their court battle against Fiona Higgins.

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NEW: SNP council leader warns Scottish Government refugee housing crisis is “untenable threat" for community cohesion.

SNP council chief warns Scottish Government refugee housing crisis “untenable"

EXCLUSIVE: Susan Aitken wrote to the Deputy First Minister in May to express her deep concern.

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🎙️ In an interview with Planet Holyrood, Scottish Labour leadership candidate Michael Marra: - rejects calls for an early election - says he will never back uni tuition fees - reveals he is a republican who would vote to get rid of the royals.

Planet Holyrood | In conversation with Labour's Michael Marra

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined by Scottish Labour leadership hopeful Michael Marra. The North East Scotland MDP hopes to hold off Joe Fagan as Scotish Labour seeks to replace Anas Sarwar. Daily Record Homepage: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ Daily Record Facebook: https://

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EXC: A Scottish Labour leadership candidate says his female allies did not agree with his decision to dodge the vote on the SNP Government's gender self-ID Bill. But Michael Marra defended the "compromise" he agreed with Anas Sarwar to skip the vote.

Trans rights vote dodge made my female allies unhappy, says top Labour MSP

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Marra has provided more details of the day he skipped the vote on the SNP Government's controversial Bill on gender self-ID.

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NEW: STUC says SNP Government 'mansion tax' falls 'desperately short'.

SNP Government mansion tax plan falls “desperately short” of raising cash

The STUC believes the plan lacks ambition and does not raise a significant amount of money.

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EXC: A Scottish Labour leadership candidate will intervene in the bitter row over an MSP's selection if he wins. Speaking to the Record, Michael Marra said he would ensure members get answers after they raised concerns about Irshad Ahmed's victory.

Scottish Labour leadership candidate promises to intervene in MSP selection row

Michael Marra said he would make sure local members in Edinburgh receive the answers to questions after questions were raised on how Irshad Ahmed topped the Edinburgh and Lothians East regional List.

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NEW: Scottish Labour leadership candidate Michael Marra defends telling Andy Burnham to 'shut up'.

Scottish Labour leadership candidate defends telling Andy Burnham to 'shut up'

Michael Marra said his comments were made at a time when UK Labour briefing wars were damaging the Scottish party.

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NEW: Senior Labour councillor blames ethics probe for heart attack that nearly killed him.

Senior Glasgow councillor blames ethics investigation for his heart attack

EXCLUSIVE: The Labour veteran said he believed councillors are being reported for scrutinising local authorities.

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Reform UK leader in Scotland Malcolm Offord was diagnosed with cancer on the day of the Holyrood election.

Malcolm Offord was diagnosed with cancer on the day of the Holyrood election

The Reform leader in Scotland spoke about his health at an Edinburgh Fringe event.

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🎙️ Latest Planet Holyrood: - Scottish Labour's battle of the blokes - Will Burnham call an early general election? - BBC Scotland's doc into lawless Glasgow

Should Burnham call early election? | Lennon out as Labour do battle of the blokes - Planet Holyrood

In the latest episode of Planet Holyrood, the Daily Record's Paul Hutcheon is joined by Douglas Dickie of the Scottish Daily Express and Dan Vevers of the Sunday Mail, to discuss some of this week's hot topics in politics. The panel look at the battle for the Scottish Labour leadership and how it w

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EXC: Scottish Labour leadership candidate under fire over cuts to free school buses for pupils. Joe Fagan is running on his stewardship of South Lanarkshire Council, but he axed the eligibility for school transport for over 1,000 pupils.

Scots Labour leadership candidate under fire over cuts to free buses for pupils

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Fagan's administration in South Lanarkshire pushed through a cut that scrapped the eligibility for free transport for over 1,000 pupils.

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EXC: A Scottish Labour MSP has said a woman must be a candidate in all future leadership contests after Monica Lennon failed to make the ballot in the current race. Katy Clark says the rules must change to guarantee a place for a female.

Labour MSP says a woman must be a candidate in all future leadership contests

EXCLUSIVE: Katy Clark said Scottish Labour's rules must change to guarantee a female is a candidate in the future.

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NEW: Scottish Labour leadership candidate Michael Marra backs commission to ensure 2030 child poverty target is met.

Michael Marra to prioritise child poverty cuts as Scottish Labour leader

EXCLUSIVE: The North East MSP likened his plan to the Smith Commission set up after the independence referendum.

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NEW: Scottish Labour leadership candidate Michael Marra says his dying mum had to share a ward with a "troubled" and "violent" man.

Scots Labour leadership candidate says dying mum shared ward with 'violent' man

Michael Marra shared the personal anecdote when explaining his support for single sex spaces.

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EXCL: Scottish Labour leadership candidate Joe Fagan says there are no circumstances in which he will back indyref2. He will also not support a cross-party agreement to agree a path for a second referendum.

Joe Fagan rules out ever backing indyref2 if he becomes Scottish Labour leader

EXCLUSIVE: The South Scotland MSP slammed the door on any suggestion of a Labour u-turn on a referendum.

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EXCL: Scottish Labour members issue 'no confidence' verdict in the party general secretary over an MSP selection row. The Edinburgh Southern CLP says they were ignored after raising concerns about the process that led to Irshad Ahmed becoming an MSP.

Labour members have 'no confidence' in top party official over MSP election row

EXCLUSIVE: The local party in Edinburgh Southern hit out at general secretary Kate Watson after claiming their questions had been ignored about the process that led to Irshad Ahmed becoming an MSP.

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