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RUBY ALDEN GIBSON believes Scottish parliament has enough powers to curtail Westminster Labour’s savage attack on welfare

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar during an event in Edinburgh to welcome new Labour MPs in Scotland, following Labour's victory in the 2024 General Election, July 7, 2024

THE Reform UK party website declares: “Wages are stagnant, energy bills are some of the highest in Europe and both Labour and the Conservatives have broken promise after promise for the last 30 years. We are ruled by an out of touch political class who have turned their backs on our country.”

The problem with these claims? They’re not wrong.

Despite Labour’s rightward turn under Sir Keir Starmer, millions still grasped at the thinnest glimmer of hope for “real change” at the 2024 general election.

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