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Richard Leonard puts pressure on Sturgeon to nationalise Caley rail
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard

by Conrad Landin
at Holyrood

NICOLA STURGEON batted away mounting calls to nationalise Scotland’s historic “Caley” rail works today, as workers prepared to receive redundancy notices.

At First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard challenged the Scottish government over its reluctance to intervene to save the troubled depot, which lies in the Springburn district of Glasgow.

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