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Parties shape up for final week of campaigning in Scotland
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaking during the party's General Election manifesto launch at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, June 18, 2024

PARTIES in Scotland are ramping up activity as there are just days left for people to head to the polls. 

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar is urging voters to back his party and usher in a “decade of national renewal” that would “boost wages, bring down bills, deliver jobs and help save our NHS.”

He said: “With [less than] a week left of this election it is clear that only a vote for Scottish Labour can get rid of the Tories and deliver the change Scotland needs.

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