NEWLY ELECTED Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the party should not be afraid of opening up debate on the Trident nuclear weapons system at the party’s conference in October.

Ms Dugdale told BBC Radio Scotland that she wanted people to join the Labour Party and be active, “so that they can be part of political debate, so that they can debate ideas and so they can vote for Labour policy.”

Labour MSP Neil Findlay told the Star he was pleased with Ms Dugdale’s commitment to make the party “much more democratic” and welcomed the move towards “genuine open debate” within Scottish Labour.