Keir Starmer has promised to "reach out" to voters and earn their trust in the wake of Nicola Sturgeon's shock resignation.
The Labour leader said pro-independence supporters who had "lost faith" in the UK "have a point" and urged them to embrace his agenda to reform Westminster.
In a speech at the Scottish Labour conference in Edinburgh, Starmer started by giving a respectful nod to the outgoing First Minister, who quit last week.