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James Cook

@BBCJamesCook

Scotland Editor for @BBCNews. Formerly North America Correspondent in Los Angeles and Chief News Correspondent for @BBCScotNine.

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linkhttp://www.bbc.com/news/ calendar_today28-10-2008 17:18:10

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IFS publish Scottish tax system’s effective marginal rates, after yesterday’s reforms - as high as 69.5% for some higher earners losing their tax allowance… and over 50% for some on just over £40k - ie they would not take home the majority of their pay increases…

NEW IFS publish Scottish tax system’s effective marginal rates, after yesterday’s reforms - as high as 69.5% for some higher earners losing their tax allowance… and over 50% for some on just over £40k - ie they would not take home the majority of their pay increases…
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Shetland is first UK spaceport for vertical rocket launches bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla… (Picture is an artist’s impression).

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Michelle Mone: I lied — “of course” I stand to benefit from £60m in pandemic PPE profit. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

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Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman speak to the BBC - more from 6am, then our interview on on BBC One, ⁦BBC iPlayer⁩ and ⁦BBC Sounds⁩ from 9 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

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A judge has ruled that the UK government's veto of Holyrood's gender self-ID legislation WAS LEGAL. ScotGov challenged the use of a s35 order on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill, passed by MSPs last year - but Lady Haldane has ruled against them. SG has 21 days to appeal.

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BREAKING The Court of Session in Edinburgh has ruled that the UK Government acted lawfully when it blocked controversial gender reforms in Scotland. bbc.co.uk/news/scotland

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➡️ Boris Johnson gives evidence to the Covid inquiry
➡️ Government publishes emergency Rwanda legislation
➡️ Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick resigns

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“Learning is hard when you are hungry, and the relatively high level of poverty-related hunger in the UK surprised the OECD.” bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

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After UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer praised Margaret Thatcher, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says the Conservative prime minister from 1979-1990 'decimated' Scotland. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

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I’m on Newscast duty today, asking the question — How much is too much legal migration? bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

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Sandra Day O’Connor, the pioneering “cowgirl from the Arizona desert” who broke barriers to become the first woman to sit on the US Supreme Court, has died, aged 93. Obituary: bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

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