5 h. ago NHS Scotland requires 'serious changes' to survive as SNP accused of overseeing health service's downfall

Anas Sarwar said McKirdy report proved "the SNP is the architect of the crisis in our NHS – they will never be the ones to fix it".

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5 h. ago This SNP Government is incapable of saving Scotland's NHS for future generations

Writing in his regular column for the Record, Anas Sarwar highlights the publication of a major new report examining how and why Scotland's health service continues to struggle.

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52 h. ago Why Anas Sarwar should put Scottish Labour's weight behind a return to EU

Scottish Labour need to come up with something big if they are to close the gap on the SNP before next year’s Holyrood election

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3 d. ago Cutting income tax is the promise Anas Sarwar needs to make to distance himself from Keir Starmer

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says Anas Sarwar may need to bring forward his income tax plan is he wants to eat into the SNP's 17 point lead for Holyrood.

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6 d. ago Labour candidates to host public meeting on Wishaw hospital's neonatal intensive care unit

The meeting will bring together parents, NHS staff and local community groups, and will be joined by Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar and Deputy Leader Jackie Baillie.

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1 week ago Keeping windfall tax was 'right choice', insists Anas Sarwar amid industry backlash

The Scottish Labour leader said the move allowed the UK Government to cut energy bills and reduce child poverty

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1 week ago Labour Government scrapped two child benefit cap after “personal campaign” by Anas Sarwar

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the Budget was good for Scottish Labour and gives Anas Sarwar gains to take to voters.

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1 week ago Swinney urged to increase spending on benefits as Chancellor lifts two

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the UK Government’s actions will lift thousands of Scottish children out of poverty.

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1 week ago Reeves must use Budget to restore public trust in party, Scottish Labour leader warns

Anas Sarwar issued a warning days before the chancellor delivers her make-or-break Budget - with crucial elections in Scotland in May threatening to decide Keir Starmer’s future as PM

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2 w. ago The SNP had the chance to change Scotland after the pandemic but blew it

In his Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says the First Minister is not the politician who will turn around Scotland.

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2 w. ago Anas Sarwar demands 'package to bring down energy bills' in UK Budget

The Scottish Labour leader said Chancellor Rachel Reeves must bring forward measures which reduce energy costs for consumers and businesses on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Anas Sarwar praises 'brave' Shabana Mahmood over immigration and asylum crackdown

The Scottish Labour leader said action is needed to fix the "broken" immigration system.

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2 w. ago Sarwar vows 'big, bold and meaningful change' on the way if Labour wins at Holyrood

Anas Sarwar outlined the "new ideas, new energy and new solutions" that Labour offers while speaking at a Scottish Labour police conference in Edinburgh today.

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2 w. ago Scottish Election 2026: Anas Sarwar promises ‘big change’ if Labour wins Holyrood elections

Scottish Labour leader promised he would lead “a government that works as hard as the people it serves”.

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2 w. ago Anas Sarwar vows new emergency mental health service if Scottish Labour win election

New Labour plan would put trained professionals, not police, first on mental health emergencies.

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2 w. ago Almost 30 years of hurt but we never stopped dreaming, Findlay tells MSPs

Scotland will head to North America next summer for their first World Cup since 1998.

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2 w. ago I regret the suffering Covid inflicted, says Swinney ahead of inquiry report

The Scottish First Minister’s record during and since the pandemic was criticised by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.

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2 w. ago YouGov poll: Fewer than one in five Labour voters in Scotland happy with UK government record

New polling lays bare the challenge facing Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at Holyrood next year

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3 w. ago Unpaid women’s groups offer more effective opposition to the SNP than Scottish Labour

Anas Sarwar is failing to capitalise on John Swinney’s stance on trans-identifying males in prisons

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3 w. ago Labour has entered its musical chairs era. Don’t fall for another pointless death spiral | Nesrine Malik

Briefing wars, toxic infighting, paranoid office politics: we’ve seen it all before. And once again, the drama at No 10 has absolutely nothing to do with us Sorry, what just happened? Before we hurtle on to the next instalment of Labour government drama, let’s pause for a second to recap. So Keir Starmer’s allies briefed against Wes Streeting accusing him of plotting a leadership challenge, then Streeting denied the claims, and Starmer apologised for them, before belatedly claiming the briefing had not come from Downing Street at all. A claim so implausible that a government source said journalists “must have all been tricked by several impostors posing as No 10 staff”.If this sounds farcical, vaguely embarrassing for all concerned and massively irrelevant to your life, you would be right. But in between the first chapter and the last (or perhaps the penultimate, given the aftershocks still reverberating through No 10), the episode acted as a masterclass in the patterns that define ...

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