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SNP suspends councillor who voted for rapist taxi driver to keep licence

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By Louise Wilson Verified
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Chris Birt, a Highland councillor, has been suspended by the SNP after he voted to allow a taxi driver convicted of rape to keep his operator’s licence. Birt was one of six male councillors who voted to take no action against David Brown, 50, who was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison earlier this year for attacking a female passenger. Four of those councillors – Willie Mackay, Sean Kennedy, Duncan Macpherson and John Grafton – have since quit the licensing committee.
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Andy Burnham: ‘Broken’ Westminster needs ‘radical change’

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By Louise Wilson Verified
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Andy Burnham has pledged to push forward “radical change” in his first major speech since returning to Westminster. He pledged to deliver more local devolution, including to cities and towns in Scotland which he said felt “just as distant from Holyrood” as English towns felt from Westminster. The former Manchester mayor was re-elected as the MP for Makerfield earlier this month after nearly a decade away from the UK Parliament.
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Money 'not being spent in the right places' to tackle child poverty

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By Louise Wilson Verified
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Attending a weekly teatime club with her kids changed Denise Donlon’s life. For many years the mum-of-two had suffered from severe anxiety, bad enough that some days she struggled to get out the door. But as her children – one daughter and one son – were getting older, they were wanting to do more. She found out about a new Tuesday group through her kids’ school. A little intimidated, Donlon missed the first session but managed to get to the following week’s meeting.
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