Scottish Labour MSP quits shadow cabinet and urges Richard Leonard to resign as leader

Sir Keir Starmer is to appeal to former Labour voters who switched to the SNP to “take another look” at the party under his leadership.The Labour leader is to use a speech at the party’s online conference to make a direct plea to lost Labour voter in Scotland and Conservatives in England.Starmer will acknowledge the lack of trust in Labour that led to the collapse of the Labour vote in Scotland and some north of England constituencies under Jeremy Corbyn.Stamer will address party members in his

Ibrox backline has yet to concede a league goal in seven outings – breaking a 114-year-old Scottish record – ahead of today’s trip to face Hibs at Easter Road.Gerrard says his coaching staff and players must share the credit.But the former Liverpool hero insists his squad can still improve in terms of being hard to break down –
something he learned from the likes of Rafa Benitez, Gerard Houllier and Roy Hodgson at Anfield.He said: “I’ve got nothing but admiration for Rafa but I’ve tried to lean

Douglas Ross plans to spend £550million on 3,000 more teachers for Scotland if his party gains power at the next Holyrood election.

Scottish Labour to move on from recent divisions by urging colleagues to “pull together”. He backed Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard and also praised an MP who had considered quitting the party last year.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.RICHARD Leonard has appealed for an extension to the government’s job retention scheme.The Central Scotland MSP says this would be “good for people, jobs and the economy”.More than 42,000 workers across North Lanarkshire have benefited from the scheme, which is due to close at the end of next month.Scottish Labour leader Mr Leonard said: “It is crucial that the scheme is maintained to help save jobs and keep

Boris Johnson has suffered a humiliating setback after failing to stop his chief Scottish law officer quitting over the UK government’s plan to breach international law.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The Scottish SPCA is appealing to animal lovers to donate supplies to its Milton rescue and rehoming centre.With all nine of the charity’s rehoming centres remaining closed to the public they are running low on much needed essential items for the animals in their care, with a higher than usual number of animals living at SSPCA centres.Last week it was revealed that the Scottish SPCA had attended 699 animal

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has been submitted for a crunch meeting of the party's governing body tomorrow.The Daily Record understands it has been signed by around one third of members on Scottish Executive Committee (SEC).Leonard is under pressure to resign over poor election results and dismal opinion poll ratings.Four Labour MSPs and peers have publicly called for the left winger to quit, but he has refused and hit out at his critics.The leader’s defenders believe the trouble is

rebel MSPs by replacing them with female key workers.  Leonard said he wants more working-class women in the Scottish Parliament and hopes to put frontline staff like carers and nurses at the top of the party’s regional lists.  Speaking to the Daily Record, Leonard denied the move is intended to punish plotters demanding he stand down.

party members they have 'underestimated' him and slammed their "despicable" calls for him to step down. As the party civil war intensifies, Leonard said he needed to 'remind a small group of people' that they had underestimated his resolve.

Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser: “It would be an immense honour to be given the opportunity to retain this seat next year and build on what we have started together.

Richard Leonard has said the row over whether a leadership challenge can be mounted against the embattled Scottish Labour leader could end up in the courts.MSP Daniel Johnson, who has urged Leonard to stand down, said the view that Holyrood colleagues cannot trigger a contest is legally challengeable.Leonard is fighting to hold on to his job after a mutiny by MSP colleagues.Johnson, James Kelly, Jenny Marra and Mark Griffin have all called on the left-winger to quit, as have four party peers.As

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Richard Leonard say they have the numbers required for a leadership challenge against him.MSPs James Kelly and Daniel Johnson claim to have the five signatures necessary for a contest, but they have demanded clarity amid disagreement on the rules.Leonard, who has been in post for nearly three years, is under pressure over terrible election results and dismal opinion polls.Four MSPs - Kelly, Johnson, Jenny Marra and Mark Griffin - have all called on him to quit, as have four party peers.His

Scottish Opera’s new production of La Bohème stands as a beacon of light in the darkness. The company has successfully created a staging that adheres to stringent social distancing rules in front of a live audience and captures the spirit and colour of Puccini’s opera.Staged in the parking lot of Scottish Opera’s Glasgow workshops – a bold proposition given the vagaries of autumnal Scottish weather – Roxana Haines’s production weaves in and around the audience.

Richard Leonard’s accent - by her own party. Dehenna Davison, MP for Bishop Auckland in the north of England, has been criticised for a tweet blaming the leader of Scottish Labour’s accent as the reason for the party’s decline.

Richard Leonard has doubled down on his vow to stay as Labour leader into the Scottish elections despite a volley of calls from colleagues to step down. The beleaguered Scottish Labour leader began what is expected to be a week of fightback interviews this week with an early morning appearance on Sky News.

Richard Leonard to stand down, piling pressure on the embattled party leader.Peers Helen Liddell, ex Defence Secretary George Robertson and Meta Ramsay have urged Leonard to step down.They were joined by fellow Labour peer George Foulkes, but the former MP and MSP is already on the record calling for Leonard to resign.Leonard, leader for nearly three years, is fighting for his political life over terrible election results and dismal opinion polls.In recent days, four of his own MSPs - James

@LabourRichard resigns are the ones who told us that Better Together was a huge success story for Labour and that Jim Murphy was the salvation of the Party - they have been repeatedly wrong and are wrong again - it’s treachery with a snarl.” Leonard has insisted he is staying on and will lead the party into the Holyrood election on a platform of "building a National Care Service, establishing a quality Jobs Guarantee scheme and reviving Scotland's economy with a Green New Deal".He said: "If any

Aberdeen council leader claimed Glasgow escaped a harsher lockdown because it is a "Yes city". Tory Douglas Lumsden suggested it all came down to independence and central belt bias in an angry backlash on social media after Nicola Sturgeon imposed restrictions on the city.