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The Scottish Government’s plan to increase the Scottish Child Payment to £40 only for children under one does not go nearly far enough.

Lord Offord can clearly only do maths when it comes to counting up how many houses and yachts he owns.

Offord was a Tory peer and government minister while his party imposed austerity, slashed public services, and damaged communities across Scotland.

Scotland needs investment in secure jobs, public services and support for people who are sick, disabled, studying or caring for loved ones.

For him to ignore that record and instead blame migrants for economic hardship and struggling councils is shameless, dishonest, and utterly disgusting.

“Let’s remember, we’ve got 5000 members coming through the door today to listen to what we’ve got to say about our first 100 days in government and how we’re going to changing the course of this country.

Nigel Farage is fundamentally unfit for office and he should resign.

Once again, Scotland's workers and our energy security is paying the price for Westminster mismanagement – the only way to ensure Scotland has an industrial policy which will always put Scotland first is with independence.

£200m was pledged by the Labour UK Government, but yet again Westminster has betrayed Scottish industry with our energy workers paying the price.

It is a complete disgrace.

His decision to vote down reforms this week looked weak then, it looks horrendous now – we need a full U-turn from the Labour Party and a review into Westminster donations.

This latest scandal again exposes the broader reality of a murky culture in Westminster that falls far short of the transparency that is required of a functioning democracy.

The latest in a long line of scandals must finally finish Farage - he must resign and we can hopefully put an end to a political career that has caused so much division and damage.

I am fed up with idiots coming to Dover to cause disruption. I bet if you asked any one of those ‘protesters’ they wouldn’t know small boat crossing are down by 40% and we are working hard to fix the mess.

My plea to Reform members, MPs and their leadership is a genuine one: please don’t turn climate change into another culture war.

I know that some of the decisions I must take – and will take – will show the benefits in years to come.

We must cut the cost of welfare, we have to get more people back into work.

The country’s under pressure. People are under pressure with the cost of living. Households are feeling that.