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Sarwar ‘is his own man’ after his call for Starmer to quit, says Streeting

The Scottish Labour leader has stuck by his calls for the Prime Minister to step down.

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Labour sees four-point bounce in latest poll while SNP on track for election win

The Ipsos Scotland poll spoke to 1,096 people between February 19 and 25.

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SNP would be ‘complacent’ to think Holyrood election is ‘in the bag’ – Alexander

Scottish Labour campaign co-chairman Douglas Alexander accepted however his party are underdogs for the May election.

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May election could be Labour’s ‘only chance’ to oust SNP – Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader was speaking as he addressed his party’s conference in Paisley.

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Sarwar gambles on break with Starmer as Labour support slumps

Scottish Labour leader hopes distancing himself from PM will shift focus to SNP’s record, but voters remain unconvinced

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Scottish Labour calls for Lord Advocate ministerial code investigation

Dame Jackie Baillie has written to the Scottish Government’s Independent Advisers on the Ministerial Code.

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Scottish Labour: Keir Starmer needs Anas Sarwar’s act of betrayal to pay off

Editorial: The leader of Scottish Labour will use its spring conference to demonstrate that he is his own man. Ironically, the prime minister’s survival may depend on his success

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‘Idiotic’ for John Swinney to attack other groups as ‘dodgy’, Anas Sarwar says

The Scottish Labour leader told the SNP the party had ‘huge questions to answer themselves’ as they attacked a Labour think tank.

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Public will value my honesty in call for Starmer to quit, says Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader was pressed on whether his own position has been weakened by the events of this week.

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Labour is united behind Sarwar’s bid to be next first minister – Alexander

The Scottish Secretary has sought to downplay divisions within the party after its Scottish leader called on the PM to quit.

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

Scottish Labour leader agrees PM can support party’s effort to win May’s Holyrood election in abrupt about-face

The Guardian - UK

No 10 confident Sarwar acted alone in call for Starmer to go

Downing Street initially feared Scottish Labour leader’s move was part of a wider leadership challenge

The Guardian - UK

Anas Sarwar: why did the leader of Scottish Labour call for Keir Starmer’s resignation – and has the move backfired?

Scottish politics has a dual nature. It is significantly distinct from politics in the rest of the United Kingdom, with its own dynamics, parties and leaders. But it can still be affected by events down south. And for the Scottish sections of the UK parties – the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats,…

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Sarwar has shown his ruthless streak. But will his swipe at Starmer mean anything to voters?

Scottish Labour leader is gambling that by declaring his loyalty to Scotland, the electorate will rally behind him

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Cabinet rallies around embattled Starmer as Sarwar calls for him to quit

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said Sir Keir Starmer should go to prevent the ‘distraction’ in Westminster hitting his party’s election chances.

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Anas Sarwar calls on Sir Keir Starmer to quit as pressure on PM intensifies

The Scottish Labour leader is the most senior figure in the party to call for the Prime Minister to resign.

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Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar to call on Keir Starmer to resign

Mr Sarwar is the most senior Labour politician to call for Sir Keir to go in the wake of the Lord Peter Mandelson scandal.

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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar calls on Keir Starmer to stand down

Sarwar tells press conference: ‘The distraction has to end and the leadership in Downing Street has to change’

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SNP Westminster leader Flynn calls for Starmer to ‘do right thing and resign’

The Prime Minister has faced increased pressure in recent days.

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Sarwar refuses to say if PM will address this month’s Scottish Labour conference

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar instead would only say he would be ‘leading’ his party’s pre-election conference.

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John Swinney ‘fabricated’ quote on pressure around QEUH opening, claims Labour

Anas Sarwar is demanding that the First Minister corrects the Holyrood record.

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Labour to stage Holyrood vote urging disclosure of hospital communications

The party is lodging a motion calling on SNP ministers to publish and preserve all records connected to the handling of infection at the facility.

Evening Standard

John Swinney does not expect Sir Keir Starmer to still be in office at Christmas

Evening Standard

Labour ‘not in strong negotiating position’ over Budget, says Sarwar

Scottish Labour MSPs are expected to abstain on the Budget, effectively allowing it to pass.

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Labour will not block the Scottish Government’s Holyrood budget, says Sarwar

Finance Secretary Shona Robison will lay out her tax and spending plans on Tuesday.

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