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The SNP manifesto concentrates on 'local champions'
Salmond launches SNP manifesto

By politics.co.uk staff Alex Salmond has unveiled the Scottish National party (SNP) manifesto for the general election, urging Scots to avoid spending cuts imposed from London. He pledged greater cooperation with Welsh nationalists Plaid Cymru and a restoration of community-based politics. “We will break through the cosy Westminster consensus on cuts,” Mr Salmond said. “There… Read more »

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Sturgeon has apologised for her 'error of judgement'
Sturgeon apologises for court plea

By politics.co.uk staff Nicola Sturgeon has apologised for urging clemency in the criminal trial of a convicted fraudster. The deputy first minister’s letter to the Glasgow sheriff court is thought to have spared Abdul Rauf a prison sentence. Today, she admitted to fellow MSPs that it was “an error of judgement” and that the wording… Read more »