Today in a speech in London, I’ll publish the first in a series of papers on how Scottish Labour, working alongside our UK Labour colleagues, will deliver a stronger Scotland in a changing and modernising United Kingdom.
When I tasked my team with the work, the political backdrop to that request was a grim one. Across the UK, people were crying out for change and – in the wake of Covid – a real recovery.
Since then, the situation facing so many has become even more difficult, the cost of living crisis has left too many facing the impossible choice between heating and eating. Despite that, our political debate in Scotland is again dominated by talk of a second referendum.
