Investigation is continuing just now, that has been difficult for the snp, hard for people to move past that. There was a lack of progress, of course, on independence. A number of people who have criticised a strategy that Nicola Sturgeon pursued, that Hamza Yusuf pursued as well, her successor, and of course Nicola Sturgeon was such a successful politician. She resigned quite suddenly and was replaced by Hamza Yusuf as her predecessor, who had a short time as First Minister and of course, he did not have the support at holyrood in the chamber i do not have enough mps to get things through. So there were a minority government, they had lost their Partnership Support so he had to go. John swinney is now coming in, trying to address a lot of those problems, a lot of those problems beyond their control, such as the police investigation. 0ther control, such as the police investigation. Other problems, when it comes to delivering, for example, Government Advisers here quite candid, say, yes
Single year since 2007. But we have taken spending decisions and believe you me, iam proud of them. We are spending hundreds of millions of pounds to lift children out of poverty. Through the scottish Child Payment we are putting £26 a week directly into the hands of low income families for each eligible child, a measure described as the most significant intervention in tackling inequality in europe since the 1980s, that is what youre Snp Government is doing. And labour, the Labour Government is pushing tens of thousands of children in scotland into poverty by keeping the tory, now at the labourer, to child, by sticking to Tory Debt Rules and by extension forcing the whole of the uk to do the same. Labourer appeared to want us to abandon low income families, to abandon children in poverty. Delegates, we are not going to do that. Up lets instead resolved together it to abandon the whole rotten westminster system, that is what we should be abandoning. Applause conference, next week i wi
pocket more of public money entering his pocket. we have suffered enough at his hands pocket. we have suffered enough at his hands and the hands of his government. borisjohnson lied to parliament, deliberately misled the country. parliament, deliberately misled the country, and has shown no remorse for his country, and has shown no remorse for his behaviour. while time and money for his behaviour. while time and money and for his behaviour. while time and money and energy have been spent on examining money and energy have been spent on examining what was a self evident truth examining what was a self evident truth and examining what was a self evident truth and long time ago, the cost of living truth and long time ago, the cost of living crisis truth and long time ago, the cost of living crisis continues to balloon and our living crisis continues to balloon and our constituents are suffering. is it and our constituents are suffering. is it not and our co
ambitions. do you think you have made a difference? i hope so. i have made a difference? i hope so- i think have made a difference? i hope so. i think manchester - have made a difference? i hope so. i think manchester today i have made a difference? i hope so. i think manchester today in | so. i think manchester today in 2023 is different from the city i came to in 2017. you just need to look at the skyline of manchester city centre to see that difference, the city is growing in stature, physically but i think also in terms of its reputation, both in the uk and around the world. this was, obviously the home of industry going back a couple of centuries, hit a decline in the second part of the 20th century, but manchester is most definitely back. and i think there is a lot of energy flowing around the city right now. i flowing around the city right now. , , ., ., ., , now. i guess we had to measure our now. i guess we had to measure your performance now. i guess we had to m
everywhere affects every one of us. warnings of blackouts to uk ministers. we do have good energy supplies in the uk. we can get through the winter. ..struggling to keep control after spooking the markets. i get it, and i. and i. are you sorry?! i changed the policy. are you sorry? of course i m sorry. ..and plenty of the public. the question that confronts us, wherever you are this morning how to be sure this. ..doesn t happen. this morning we rejoined live in the aberdeen art gallery by scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon. from oxford by the one time liz truss superfan and former culture secretary, nadine dorries. from london by the prime minister s fixer the cabinet office minister nadhim zahawi. and with me here in aberdeen is a man known by millions as dijimmy peres. douglas henshall is here to talk about why he walked away from shetland, and what s next for him. and with me to reflect on the interviews and look at what is making the news is the former labour