The National - Politics

• Keir Starmer makes first major intervention since quitting as prime minister

  Keir Starmer has made his first major intervention since quitting as prime minister

• Fury as just 6 per cent of £200m promised to Acorn delivered in grant funding

  Scottish Labour MPs should 'hang their heads in shame', the SNP have said, after it emerged just £12 million of the £200m promised for the Acorn carbon capture project has been handed over as grant funding

• Britain must remember the successes of preparing for peace and not war

  THIS year marks the 30th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).

• Andy Burnham fought for power – now he’s afraid to use it

  WE got a clearer insight this week into what Andy Burnham’s plans for government are, with the Chancellor delivering

• Students’ victory in Serbia can be template for Scots to emulate

  IN April last year, a political consultant I know sent me the following DM, sourced from his wanderings: “Amazing things afoot in Serbia – students have been occupying universities and high schools since December and are being supported by a huge percentage of the population.