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First Bus have announced that they are ending their nighttime services in Glasgow.

This has been met with concerns over the safety of people making their way home late at night after work or a night out.

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SNP MP Angela Crawley has announced that she will not be standing at the next general election, in order to commit more to her family.

Read her open letter below ⬇️

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The full paper by the Govt can be found here: https://t.co/y2b98eLEvJ

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The Scottish Govt has unveiled their plans for an independent Scottish constitution in their fourth paper of the Building a New Scotland set.

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Finally, once the convention drafts their constitution, a vote will be put to the public on whether to adopt it or not.

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Ex-PM David Cameron admitted to the Covid Inquiry that his Govt did not prepare for diseases like covid, instead opting to focus on flu pandemics.

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The result of the vote means that the Former Prime Minister will now be stripped of his entitlement to a Former Member's Pass.

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Parliament has voted in favour of the Privileges Committee's recommendations. The Division results were 354 for and 7 against. This means Parliament has now recognised that Boris Johnson misled the Commons multiple times.

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Conservative MP and Former Minister in Johnson's cabinet Andrea Leadsom confirms she will be voting in favour of the Committee's recommendations, and asks her colleagues to do the same.

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MPs are debating the Privileges Committee's report on Partygate. They will vote on whether or not Boris Johnson will be entitled to a Former Member's Pass to the Westminster estate.

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Former Prime Minister Theresa May tells her conservative colleagues "Friendship, working together, should not get in the way of doing what is right".

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FM @HumzaYousaf has called on Scottish Tories to apologise for backing Boris Johnson & to vote to sanction him on Monday.

“Boris Johnson has not just betrayed the House of Commons, but has betrayed every single person in this country”.

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On Monday, Westminster will debate the recommendations agreed unanimously by the Privileges Committee.

Due to Boris Johnson vacating his seat, instead of the recommended 90 day suspension - members will vote on revoking his members pass to parliament.

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@Douglas4Moray will vote to endorse the recommendations, when asked about his colleagues, the MP/MSP responded with being unsure due to being “tied up” in Holyrood.

@StephenFlynnSNP has called for MPs to go further and to bin the ex-PM’s honours’ list & to revoke his allowance.

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@BenMacpherson @CStevensonSNP @KevinStewartSNP @LabourRichard @AnasSarwar @FoysolChoudhury @JimFairlieLogie @GlasgowPam @Audrey4ASNK @PaulJSweeney @NeilBibby @agcolehamilton @GMacdonaldSNP @colinsmythmsp @mspliz @LabourMercedes - Every party in Holyrood

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@GillianMacMSP has today lodged the final proposals of the Safe Access Zones bill. It would bring legislation in line with Northern Ireland, England and Wales, to establish 150-metre zones outside abortion providing facilities.

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The bill has received the 18 MSP Signatures needed before being able to be considered by parliament. Signatories are:

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New - The proposals from @GillianMacMSP for abortion clinic buffer zones have just reached the required 18 MSP signatures to move to the next stage at Holyrood. @backoffscotland