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Starmer’s off – but can Burnham save Scottish Labour?
And the new campaign to end the party’s ties to UK Labour.

Disinformation, Ivan McKee and by-election bonanza—Best of the Week
The best bits from the past seven days of the BBC's Scottish news podcast.

By-election bonanza – results reaction
Labour’s Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield by-election.

Ivan McKee: I'm not the ‘Minister for Cuts’
Public Sector Reform Secretary on savings, services and tax cuts.

Politics Show: Big by-elections preview pub quiz
Political analysis with Natalie Higgins, Lynsey Bews and Justin Bowie.

A Dundee girl, an axe and a man guilty of assault
The story of a viral video and how the police responded.

Are we a target in a global disinformation war?
John Swinney was reportedly targeted by an Israeli firm before the 2026 election.

Can this 'tsar' fix our problem with food?
Scotland’s new ‘food tsar’ on bringing down prices and tackling obesity.

Politics Show: John Healey and 'Murrell inquiry' disputes
Political analysis with Natalie Higgins, Stewart McDonald and Adam Morris.

What’s behind the racist disorder on our streets?
Police say people were 'attacked because of the colour of their skin'.