Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (centre right) and Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard (centre left) with apprentices and engineers at the Fairfield Ship Building Museum in Glasgow, where the Labour Party called for support for British shipbuilding as part of a wider industrial strategy and call on the Conservative government to guarantee that three new Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels will be built in domestic shipyards
LABOUR is the only party that can offer a “unifying vision” to a divided Scotland, Richard Leonard will say today in a speech setting out a true alternative to austerity.
The Scottish Labour leader will respond to the SNP Growth Commission, which has been strongly criticised over plans for huge deficit reduction and an effective cap on corporation tax.
Mr Leonard will present Scottish voters with a clear choice between “the austerity economics of nationalism or the transformation of Scotland’s economy in the UK with Labour.”
He will add that, when “one in four Scottish children are living in poverty,” change can only be achieved “with a rebalanced economy and a redistribution of wealth, power and opportunity.
“That’s why we need to stop dividing people on the basis of nationality and start uniting people on the basis of class to bring about real change.
“Austerity is a political, not an economic, choice and it is the choice being taken by both Ruth Davidson and Nicola Sturgeon.”
Ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections, ROZ FOYER warns that a bold tax policy is needed to rebuild devastated public services which can serve as the foundation of a strong, fair economy
The devastating impact of austerity has left Scotland’s education system on its knees, argues ANDREA BRADLEY, urging politicians to show courage by increasing wealth taxation to fund our schools properly
