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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Anas Sarwar says Starmer can campaign in Scotland after calling for him to quit

Sarwar speaking as someone points a finger at him
Sarwar speaking to press at Holyrood on Wednesday. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

The Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, has agreed that Keir Starmer can campaign for the party in the Holyrood elections just days after calling for the prime minister to resign.

In a marked change of position, Sarwar said Starmer and other cabinet ministers were welcome to support Scottish Labour’s faltering effort to win in May, but only if they demonstrated how the UK government was improving lives in Scotland.

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