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Westminster’s supertax on jobs is hurting Scotland, especially the north east. The UK Government must scrap the Energy Profits Levy and urgently act to protect jobs.

This is an invasion of strangers, plain and simple.

It’s time to pre-emptively deploy the navy and army to the south coast and declare a state of emergency.

Our nuclear-armed submarines are essential to keeping the UK secure, acting as the ultimate deterrent to our adversaries in an increasingly dangerous world.

All we are trying to do is put proper safeguards around this so people can die in a peaceful way instead of these horrible examples we are seeing in this country.

It’s incredibly overdue and people are suffering. There will be huge repercussions I think for people’s faith in politics and view of the House of Lords if they were to talk it out again.

I’ve spoken to people whose family members have been on ketamine drips, huge amounts, a cocktail of drugs designed to manage their pain, they still die in agony even with the palliative care that we can offer.

He can’t block it in any formal sense – consideration of Private Members Bills is entirely separate from the Prime Minister.

We all want to see better social, palliative and hospice care in every part of the country.

With my membership of the Parliamentary Labour Party restored, I am excited to play a full part in supporting our new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, his government, and in renewing Scottish Labour.

The people who best understand what skills employers want, what transport an area needs and where investment can make the biggest difference are those who live there.

And we have provided just a bit of breathing-space for those families and businesses that feel so squeezed, that feel without hope.

This government is working fast to restore hope and back Britain’s communities. In the past two weeks, we have begun to kickstart growth in every postcode. We have backed British jobs, British skills and British businesses.

It will be built on fiscal discipline. It will meet our fiscal rules. It’ll give businesses and families some of the stability they need to plan for the future. Now, let’s get on with the job.

Moves money and power out of Westminster, into every postcode around Britain

We won't be imposing mayors to areas that don't want it but we will be creating strategic authorities in every area of England and they will be able to hold these powers and resources as well.

Our devolution revolution is about bringing an end to the begging-bowl culture of the past, and instead making sure our local leaders have the tools they need to drive the change that communities have been crying out for.

Today we’re giving local leaders more power to shape transport in their community.