Scottish Labour leadership frontrunner urged to apologise for 'boring' Holyrood manifesto

EXCLUSIVE: Marra is also facing questions about his attacks on the size of the public sector, which has staff represented by Labour-supporting trade unions

Monica Lennon has accused the party of misogyny as she struggles to secure enough nominations to reach the ballot, with frontrunner Michael Marra and Joe Fagan both understood to be comfortably ahead.

THE Scottish Labour leadership contest “reeks of misogyny and male entitlement”, one of the frontrunners in the race has said.

Paul Sweeney said he had thought ‘long and hard’ about a run himself.

Paul Sweeney said he had thought ‘long and hard’ about a run himself.

Paul Sweeney said it had ‘not been an easy decision’ to not stand in the race

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George Thompson, Press Association Political Staff Men should be banned from running in the next Labour leadership election, a party grandee has said. Baroness Harriet Harman said she hopes Andy Burnham remains leader for “many, many years” but argued they need to “start a conversation now” on men being “discouraged” f

The battle for endorsements is well underway in Scottish Labour ahead of nominations opening for the party’s leadership…

JOE FAGAN has become the third contender to succeed Anas Sarwar as leader of Scottish Labour just two months after entering Holyrood. The South Scotland MSP was elected as a councillor for East Kilbride in 2017 before going on to lead South Lanarkshire Council between 2022 and his election to the Scottish Parliament in