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John Swinney has unveiled his programme for government - which includes axing the number of health boards from 14 to two and introducing a misogyny bill to tackle violence against women and girls.

Prison-building plans get £110m investment to avoid 'nightmare' of running out of cells

Sir James Cleverly is stepping down from the shadow cabinet to stand for London mayor.

One in two Britons backs a ban on trade with Israeli West Bank settlements, polling suggests.

The numbers are moving in the wrong direction.

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Reform pledges to prioritise 'British-born workers' for social housing

Prisoners jailed for violent and sexual offences may be confined to zones of a few miles when they are released.

Britain's biggest banks have fired a renewed warning to the government against hiking taxes on the industry as John Healey, the new chancellor, prepares to deliver his inaugural Budget in October.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and the Israeli government began a war of words over a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank.