SCOTTISH LABOUR should ditch alliances with rightwingers and “look for coalitions on the left,” party leader Richard Leonard said at the weekend.

Speaking at the People’s Assembly Scotland conference, Mr Leonard put meat on the bones of his plans for a wealth tax and slammed the SNP government for its “complete denial” regarding the plight of precarious workers.

Signalling his rejection of Labour’s alliance with the Conservatives during the 2014 independence referendum campaign, he said: “There have been times when Labour has looked for comfort … and coalitions on the right.