{"id":400105,"date":"2025-09-05T13:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/400105\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:42:12","slug":"murray-out-at-scotland-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/400105\/","title":{"rendered":"Murray out at Scotland Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer has ended Ian Murray\u2019s tenure as Scottish Secretary in a reshuffle on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Ian Murray MP has represented Edinburgh South since 2010. At once time he was the only Labour MP in Scotland, and is the longest serving of all the Scottish Labour MPs.<\/p>\n<p>The other Labour MPs in Scotland include Douglas Alexander who is Minister of State for Department for Business and Trade and MP for Lothian East. Mr Alexander was previously Secretary of State for Scotland in 2006 during the Blair government.<\/p>\n<p>This story is just emerging and will be added to later today. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" data-attachment-id=\"594090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/20250326-dsc0932920250326\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250326-DSC0932920250326.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,802\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7SM3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1742999398&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2025 Phyllis Stephen&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;30&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20250326-DSC0932920250326\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rt Hon Ian Murray at Dover House London&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250326-DSC0932920250326-300x201.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250326-DSC0932920250326-1024x684.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250326-DSC0932920250326-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-594090\"  \/>Rt Hon Ian Murray at Dover House London<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/phyllis-stephen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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