内容摘要：But MI5 pushed back and denied it had departed from the policy, including in correspondence with the Investigatory Powers Commissioner himself Sir Brian Leveson, a former High Court judge best known for chairing a public inquiry into the culture and standards of the media.

But MI5 pushed back and denied it had departed from the policy, including in correspondence with the Investigatory Powers Commissioner himself Sir Brian Leveson, a former High Court judge best known for chairing a public inquiry into the culture and standards of the media.

The vote followed the death of SNP MSP Christina McKelvie, who had represented the constituency since 2011.Labour's Davy Russell won with 8,559 votes, with a majority of 602 over the SNP.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said his party had "proven the pollsters wrong".Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer congratulated Russell early on Friday morning, saying: "People in Scotland have once again voted for change."Next year there is a chance to turbo charge delivery by putting Labour in power on both sides of the border."

Reform UK finished third on 7,088 votes, with the Tories in fourth on 1,621.The turnout was 44.2%, with more than 27,000 votes cast. It is a drop on the 2021 election when turnout was 60%.

The result means Scottish Labour has overturned a majority of 4,582 won by McKelvie in 2021.

in March after being diagnosed with secondary breast cancer.In response to growing questions over the changes, Downing Street said it would provide "clarity" on how it would expand payments "as soon as we can".

Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK, said: "We are encouraged by the chancellor's words, but will wait to see the detail, which needs to be published very soon if changes are to be made in time for this winter, something that is absolutely crucial if we're to protect the pensioners at greatest risk."Earlier on Wednesday, pensions minister Torsten Bell said there would be no return to the previous system in which the payment was made to all 11.4 million pensioners.

"It's not a good idea that we have a system paying a few hundreds of pounds to millionaires, and so we're not going to be continuing with that," he said.The government has not provided details of who would qualify as a millionaire.