Scottish Labour would set up Musk-style ‘Doge’ department, says Sarwar

Anas Sarwar, leader of Scottish Labour, announced a number of new policy proposals at the party’s conference in Glasgow. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Scottish Labour would set up an Elon Musk-style department to clear out inefficient quangos and government waste if it wins power next year, Anas Sarwar has said.

The Scottish Labour leader said their own “department of government efficiency” – a title identical to Musk’s Doge – would oversee efforts to save money by scrapping dozens of quangos, merging health boards and cutting costs.