Updated: May 11, 2021, 4:48 pm
Under the plans the Glasgow operation would cease in the second half of 2022 (Pladis/PA)
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The owner of UK brands including McVities has announced plans to close its factory in the east end of Glasgow, putting nearly 500 jobs at risk.
Pladis has put forward proposals to close its Tollcross site, subject to a “full and meaningful consultation with employees”.
The move would put 468 roles at risk of redundancy with the global snack firm highlighting “excess capacity” across its UK sites.
May 10, 2021, 10:06 am
Deputy First Minister John Swinney set out how the SNP government will judge when there could be another independence referendum (Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/PA)
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The SNP will judge that the pandemic is over and an independence referendum should go ahead when coronavirus is suppressed and “stable”, John Swinney has said.
Mr Swinney, the deputy first minister in the last Scottish Government, said it was an “aspiration” for the virus to be consistently suppressed by the end of the year in order to meet their conditions for another vote on independence.
Keir Starmer struggling to contain Labour civil war over disastrous round of elections on Super Thursday
Labour was thrashed in the Hartlepool by-election with Jill Mortimer securing a majority of almost 7,000
Tory Ben Houchen won a second term as mayor of Tees Valley with a whopping 73 per cent share of vote
Conservatives gained control of councils including Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Dudley and Harlow
Shadow home secretary says pandemic has restricted opportunities for Sir Keir Starmer to set out vision
Starmer responded by sacking Angela Rayner with more firings expected as Labour descended into civil war
Nick Brown - SACKED as party s chief whip
Anneliese Dodds - SACKED as shadow chancellor; but HIRED as party chair
Angela Rayner - SACKED as party chair and party campaign coordinator; but HIRED as the shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Rachel Reeves - HIRED as the new shadow chancellor
Alan Campbell - HIRED as party s chief whip
Thangam Debbonaire - HIRED as shadow Commons leader
Valerie Vaz - SACKED as shadow Commons leader
West Streeting - HIRED as shadow cabinet member for child poverty
Lucy Powell - HIRED as shadow housing secretary
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An embattled Sir Keir Starmer last night rearranged his deckchairs as he chopped and changed parts of his shadow cabinet in a make-or-break reshuffle.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of the UK s devolved nations for crisis talks on the union after Scotland s pro-independence party won its fourth straight parliamentary election.
Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party, said the election results proved a second independence vote for Scotland was the will of the country and any London politician who stood in the way would be picking a fight with the democratic wishes of the Scottish people.
The United Kingdom is made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with devolved governments in the latter three.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to the media after Conservative Party candidate Jill Mortimer won the Hartlepool by-election, at Hartlepool Marina, in Hartlepool, north east England, Friday, May 7, 2021. Britain s governing Conservative Party made further inroads in the north of England on Friday, winning a by-election in the post-industrial town of