Monica Lennon joins race to become Scottish Labour leader with Anas Sarwar

Anas Sarwar MSP said a Scottish jobs crisis is hidden behind figures that show 282,800 people in Scotland were furloughed by the end of December 31, up from 195,200 at the end of October.The data means around 11 per cent of eligible workers in Scotland are furloughed, 146,500 women and 136,300 men, during the latest lockdown.The furlough scheme has been extended by Chancellor Rishi Sunak several times and is currently planned to finish at the end of April.Sarwar, , who is opposing Monica Lennon

Derek McInnes admitted his team needed a new target man with Sam Cosgrove heading for the exit door.Aberdeen have agreed a deal with French side Stade de Reims.The former Everton youngster is currently travelling across from France to Scotland to complete the move.Hornby pushed for the move to join up with his Scotland Under-21 team-mates Lewis Ferguson, Ross McCrorie and Connor McLennan.Reims see Hornby as one for the future and believes he would benefit from this loan.He will return to France

link!She said: “I recently got a bit of a confidence boost when my modern studies teacher in St John Ogilvie High School found me on Twitter and said she was so proud of everything I’d achieved and said ‘you were a superstar in my class and you’re a superstar now’ and I think no matter how old you are, you still want to get that.“I left high school at 16 and was the first in my family to go to university and it was a young age to be there and that meant a lot to me.

Jordan Jones is set to join Sunderland on-loan for the rest of the season.The Premiership leaders have agreed a deal with the League One promotion chasers.The move is now subject to the 26-year-old passing a medical before he makes the switch for the remainder of the 2020-21 campaign.Jones, who grew up in the north-east and came through at Middlesbrough, had options in Scotland but preferred a move south of the border.Black Cats boss Lee Johnson, who is also interested in Ross County striker

Vasilis Barkas hasn’t settled at Celtic and must do more. The Parkhead manager has confirmed Scott Bain will keep the gloves as the Greek is not yet up to the speed and physicality of the Scottish game.

Borna Barisic 's practical tutorial in Ross County's drubbing at Ibrox. The marauding Croatia cap was a key figure as the Scottish Premiership leaders' ran riot in the 5-0 win over the Staggies at Ibrox.

the role left by Richard Leonard, who quit suddenly this month. Lennon sets out her vision, printed in full below, after frustration at the ongoing crisis despite years of promises at Holyrood.She said: “We will use the full might of the Scottish Parliament’s tax and social security powers.

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link.The MSP added: “We need to look at what was happening in our country before the pandemic.“We know locally that in Larkhall and Blantyre the SNP council closed council-run care homes. We need more council-run care homes, not fewer of them, so I am committed to publicly-owned national care services to make sure that we put people before profit.“I care about our local area.

Labour anti-semitism row, has backed MSP Monica Lennon for the top job.

Scots TikTok star who goes by the name 'Littlest Chicken', has created a hilarious new video about Celtic manager Neil Lennon. With ' Neil Lennon the Musical', Jared had many Old Firm fans crying with laughter particularly as Abba's hit 'Mamma Mia' is the backing track.

indyref2 ballot in a bid to make Scotland the best place in the world for workers.In an interview with the Record, she also blasted “hurtful” sexism inside her own party and blasted claims she lacks the experience for the top job.Lennon, Scottish Labour’s health spokeswoman, is going head-to-head with fellow MSP Anas Sarwar for the Scottish Labour leadership after Richard Leonard resigned.The 40-year-old, who is from Blantyre in Lanarkshire, is known for steering through a pioneering law through

Unite said it was endorsing the MSP to replace Richard Leonard as it had worked with her on a number of campaigns, including the succesful proposal to make period products available free of charge.

Daily Record interview, Sarwar predicted he can become First Minister in five years. The Glasgow MSP believes securing second place at May’s Holyrood election would be a “staging post” to Labour entering Government in 2026.

Celtic 's next manager and they make Eddie Howe a 83 per cent chance of becoming the next Parkhead boss. It comes after Neil Lennon 's rant as he let rip on the club's detractors in the wake of their controversial trip to Dubai.

Anas Sarwar says he's 'looking forward' to the battle with Monica Lennon for the Scottish Labour Party hotseat. Sarwar has responded to the news that Lennon has thrown her name into the hat in the race to become the next party leader.

Glasgow MSP confirmed late on Saturday he would be standing to become the next leader of Scottish Labour following Richard Leonard's sudden resignation last week. He tweeted to say the country “needs political leadership that will bring people together” and that he wants “to rebuild Scottish Labour, and then rebuild Scotland”.Sarwar lost out to Leonard at the last leadership election in 2017 but is considered the favourite to win this time around.

Scottish Labour has again been plunged into turmoil with the resignation of its leader just months ahead of Holyrood elections.

must once again select another candidate to take charge, who must then attempt to win back some of the ground lost to a seemingly unstoppable SNP election-winning machine.