Hamilton by-election jockeying

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Parties jockey for power in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election

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Hamilton by-election will decide who represents Hamilton , Larkhall and Stonehouse .

It is the largest test of voter opinion in Scotland since the UK general election in which Labour heavily defeated the SNP .

The outcome will help shape the political narrative in Scotland ahead of the national Holyrood election next May .

Labour insiders say they have identified potential support to win in Hamilton .

Reform UK has no track record of election, never mind government, at any level in Scotland .

Key figures are councillors who have defected from the Scottish Conservatives.

The party is now targeting Labour voters with their UK leader Nigel Farage arguing for the threshold at which working people begin paying tax to be raised to 20,000 .

He wants tighter controls on immigration and the asylum system to help pay for this change.

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