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Labour want to hit the ground running with a plan for the first 100...
Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, said on Thursday that a Scottish Labour government would hit the ground running with "100 days of change" to...
Scottish Labour candidate uses personal experience of social services as driver for campaign
Eleanor Ryan-Saha is the Scottish Labour candidate in Edinburgh Northern.
As a former primary school teacher she is well aware of child poverty statistics and...
The doctor hoping to win a new constituency in Edinburgh
A candidate bidding to represent one of Edinburgh's new constituencies almost died in 2025, and says campaigning gives sense of something "bigger than me".
Oliver...
Labour set out new election campaign
The Scottish Labour Party is promising the "most sophisticated campaign in the history of devolution".
In an announcement today the party's co-chair on the Scottish...
Labour recruiting for Holyrood candidates for 2026
It may be two years before the next election, but Scottish Labour have already opened the application process for people who think they could...
New Year message from Scottish Labour
Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, has issued a New Year message in which he predicts that the best days and years are yet to...
Ross criticises the “cosy Holyrood consensus”
Douglas Ross has accused Labour of “playing for Team Sturgeon” – because he says Anas Sarwar’s party agree with, and vote with, the SNP...
Scottish Government publishes Programme for Government
The First Minister spoke to The Scottish Parliament for around half an hour introducing the Programme for Government without any interventions from the opposition...
Scottish Labour call for Barnett style funding for councils
Scottish Labour revealed plans on Wednesday for a Barnett-style funding formula to set budgets for all 32 local authorities in Scotland.
In a bid to...
Murray calls for fan-led review of football in Scotland
The Scottish Government should launch a full fan-led review of football in Scotland, Ian Murray MP says.
At Scottish Labour conference this weekend, Murray will...
What did Anas Sarwar say in Monday’s speech?
Leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar MSP made a trailed speech on Monday morning as a way of introducing what Labour will be doing...
Scottish Labour want the Scottish Child Payment quadrupled in the new parliamentary session
Scottish Labour Leader, Anas Sarwar, has demanded The Scottish Government commits to quadrupling the value of the Scottish Child Payment to tackle child poverty...
#SP2021 – Scottish Labour’s projections – all over Scotland
Scottish Labour projected its message for a national recovery in Edinburgh and Glasgow last night.
Shadow Scottish Secretary Ian Murray said: “Scottish Labour is...
#SP2021 – poll prefers Sarwar over Ross in opposition
A poll commissioned by Scottish Labour has found that 40% want Anas Sarwar to lead the opposition if the SNP were to form the...
#SP2021 – Sarwar says other parties’ climate policies are just hot air
Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour Leader, has today called out the SNP and the Conservatives for being ‘all talk but no substance’ on climate...
#SP2021 Labour promises jobs
Anas Sarwar and Keir Starmer revealed on Friday that Scottish Labour recovery plans to jumpstart Scotland's economy would create at least 170,000 jobs.
The party...
#SP6 – Scottish Labour call for Holyrood clean up
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has called for a commission to Clean Up Holyrood, suggesting that ideas are needed to offer the country a...
Labour announce recovery plan for NHS
Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Anas Sarwar, has today unveiled a recovery plan for the NHS in Scotland’s after the pandemic.
Speaking at the...
Scottish Parliamentary Election 2021 – Labour focusing on national recovery
As all the major parties get their campaigns underway today, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and the Deputy Leader, Jackie Baillie will promote the...
Anas Sarwar elected new leader of Scottish Labour
Anas Sarwar MSP for Glasgow has been elected new leader of Scottish Labour, winning 57.56% of the votes in the contest against fellow MSP,...
Politics – comment on resignation of Richard Leonard
Richard Leonard MSP stepped down on Thursday afternoon as Scottish Labour leader.
The full story is here.
Scottish Labour Scottish Executive Committee chair Cara Hilton...
Richard Leonard resigns as Scottish Labour leader
The news broke on Thursday afternoon that Scottish Labour leader, Richard Leonard has resigned.
Mr Leonard who represents Central Scotland in the Scottish Parliament...
Boyack says libraries need to open
Scottish Labour has today warned of a ‘connectivity crisis’ for elderly people and can reveal that, as at 16 December, only 40 per cent of...
Christmas message from Richard Leonard
Scottish Labour Leader, Richard Leonard shares his Christmas message.
He writes: "Scotland has not had a Christmas set against the backdrop of such tragic...
St Andrew’s Day message from Richard Leonard
We mark this year’s St Andrew's Day, in circumstances that just a year ago were utterly unimaginable.
With the tragic loss of so many lives,...
Labour demand financial support for Scottish local authorities
The Scottish Government must ensure that Scotland’s councils are financially supported to meet the challenges posed by the pandemic, Scottish Labour has said today.
The...
Coronavirus – Scottish Labour call for The Scottish Parliament to be reconvened
Scottish Labour Business Manager, Elaine Smith MSP, has today written to Ken Mackintosh, the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
The purpose of her letter is...
Labour demand better for young people in care
Scottish Labour have obtained data from the Scottish Government by a Freedom of Information request which they say shows that only 6 per cent...
Letter from Scotland
You don’t see many picket lines or industrial protests these days. And it was even stranger to see one in the heart of Scottish...
Dugdale gets written warning over absence
You can hardly fail to have noticed that former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale took part in STV's I'm a Celebrity in recent weeks....
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