Reform claims of deal to ‘remove SNP’ are a ‘lie’, Scottish Labour’s Sarwar says

Claims from Reform UK that Scottish Labour sought to work with them to ‘remove the SNP’ are ‘desperate lies’, Anas Sarwar said (Euan Cherry/PA) -

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has insisted claims from Reform UK that he tried to strike a deal with them to “remove the SNP” are “absolute nonsense” and a “desperate lie”.

Mr Sarwar hit out after Lord Malcolm Offord – the leader of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in Scotland – used the second TV debate of the Holyrood election campaign to try to claim Labour wanted to work with them to oust the SNP from power.