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...I wondered in particular whether Alex Salmond’s Alba party has picked up voters or activists amid all the disarray engulfing the SNP....
...Additional reporting by Alex Barker in Brussels...
...Separately, Yvette Cooper, the former shadow home secretary, beat fellow Labour moderate Chuka Umunna to become chair of the home affairs committee, a role vacated by Keith Vaz....
...The group — which includes former ministers such as Caroline Spelman and Labour’s Keith Vaz — produced a report outlining a series of recommendations last summer....
...Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, demanded to know why the issue of Mr Hunt’s aide’s close relationship with News Corp has not been sent to Sir Alex Allan, the independent adviser on ministerial interests....
...“Too often in this inquiry we saw suggestions for reforms to the counter-terrorism structure rebuffed because ‘it works well at the moment’, or ‘the benefits are not yet proven’,” said Keith Vaz, the committee...
...Keith Vaz has paid back £18,949, more than 10 times the £1,514 demanded of him. Sally Keeble paid back £4,189, 10 times the £451 recommended....
...Keith Vaz, head of the Commons home affairs committee, praised Ms Smith’s time in the post and said: “It is a very tough job, as others will find out in the future.”...
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