Key Points
- John Swinney raises fears General Election result could be impacted by nationwide delays to postal votes
- City of Edinburgh Council sets up emergency polling booth for those who haven’t received their ballot
- Rishi Sunak says hearing racial slurs used against him by a Reform UK campaigner ‘hurt and makes me angry’
- Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner is in Scotland as she pledges to lift the wages of low-paid women if her party wins the election
Scots who signed up for postal votes may be unable to vote due to a delay in their ballots being delivered, John Swinney has warned.
The First Minister sounded the alarm after the Electoral Management Board for Scotland said there had been “many difficulties experienced with the delivery of postal votes” across the country.
Meanwhile, Rishi Sunak has said he is “hurt and angry” to hear a Reform UK campaigner use racial slurs against him.
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