'It is quite clear now that he is both weak, distracted and unfit to be Scotland's first minister.'

Scottish Conservative Party Chair Craig Hoy MSP says Humza Yousaf has 'done real damage' to Scotland.

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“I attempted suicide twice in the wake of my own assault.”

Harvey Weinstein survivor Rowena Chiu is “horrified” that his 2020 conviction of rape was overturned.

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Ash Regan, who holds decisive vote, has written to Yousaf with a series of demands around independence and women’s rights

Alex Salmond tells Times Radio: “If I were Humza Yousaf, I’d get drafting a very favourable answer, otherwise he’s going to be known as ‘Humza the Brief’'

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Rishi Sunak has pledged the government will increase defence spending to a baseline of 2.5% of GDP by 2030.

In 2022, Boris Johnson made the same promise, just weeks before he resigned.

Rt Hon James Heappey MP insists Rishi Sunak isn't using defence for political gain.

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Keir Starmer should 'promote more women' to his top team to address accusations of a 'boys club' at the top of the party, and says it's 'galling' to see newer MPs promoted ahead of her.

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“I was at the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday…I saw people walking around snorting cocaine.”

Former chair of the Conservative Party Sir Jake Berry MP uses public drug taking to exemplify how a smoking ban wouldn't work in practice.

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“We have all got sick of hearing Keir Starmer say that he is the son of a tool maker.”

However, voters polled for #TimesRadio had no idea of his family’s background, and found themselves “warm” to the Labour leader, says Luke Tryl.

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“Homelessness is horrific, and I don’t think that criminalising people is the way to go.”

Caroline Nokes MP calls for “compassion” towards homeless people, as rough sleeping could be criminalised under new legislation.

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“If I make the effort, I think all politicians should make the effort, too.”

Paul Waugh and Kate Ferguson disagree over politicians dressing casually.

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“We simply haven’t got a choice.”

Israeli Government Spokesman David Mencer says the number of deaths in Gaza “isn’t a matter of choice.”

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'I'm glad this has been exposed...it's exposed everything we've been saying for the past couple of years.'

Warnings from prison officers have fallen on deaf ears for years, says National Chair POA after a @TheTimes investigation reveals security breaches in UK prisons.

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“I thought prisoners would have to be a bit crafty to get drugs and weapons in… it was really shocking, the ease in which I got a job inside the prison“

Prison security is dangerously lax, an @TheTimes Investigation has revealed.

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“It’s incredible, Paul Morgan-Bentley applying for the job in his own name, he didn’t even hide who he was.”

@PMorganBentley has exposed the weakness of UK prison security - and with it, the failings of the Tory Party, says @JohnEStevens.

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🚨Our new voting intention just shared with John Pienaar Times Radio sees the Conservatives hit a new low.

🌳 Conservative 25% (-2)
🌹Labour 43% (+1)
🔶Lib Dems 11% (+1)
🟣Reform 11% (+1)
💚Green 5% (-1)

Lab lead 18, highest under our current methodology
N=2027, 19-20/3

“If that poll is right, Rishi Sunak is now at the level Liz Truss was when she was ejected from Downing Street.”

Reform is “snapping at the hells” of the Conservatives in new polling, says Luke Tryl, UK director of More in Common.

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Tune in to Times Radio now to hear John Pienaar and Emily Leahy try some dried grasshoppers with Leo Taylor from Yum Bug as The Times and The Sunday Times urges its readers to give edible bugs a go.

“Any organisation which is labelled as extreme for seeking to undermine parliamentary democracy is probably not going to take that lying down.”

Lord Walney welcomes Michael Gove’s new definition of extremism.

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