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Scottish Labour is on the way back
Labour’s manifesto has captured the imagination with a positive vision for the future, writes NEIL FINDLAY
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THE Scottish Labour Party meets this weekend in the great city of Dundee. 

A year ago the party was sitting at 14 per cent in the opinion polls and in third place in Scotland, while across Britain things were looking grim. 

Theresa May, sensing — very wrongly as it turned out — Labour’s weakness and believing the hype her advisers had created about her apparent strength in the country called a general election in an attempt to strengthen her hand in the Brexit negotiations. 

  • Reinvigorate our economy with a clear objective of full employment.
  • Bring about a renaissance in public ownership
  • Strengthen our rights at work
  • Re-empower local government
  • End rough sleeping and build houses for our young people and families
  • Address the appalling and growing health inequality across our country
  • Close the educational attainment gap and provide opportunities for our young people
  • And crucially care for and look after our older friends and relatives in their later years. 
  • It must produce a strong collaborative relationship with the EU where we work with our friends and colleagues in countries across the Continent to improve the lives of working people
  • It must secure the benefits of the single market and customs union, protecting jobs and a prosperous future for Scottish businesses and their workforces 
  • It must have a fair and transparent immigration system, ending the exploitation of workers, wherever they come from
  • It must maintain all rights and protections enjoyed by people currently, including rights over employment, health and safety, the environment etc
  • It must protect our national security and have a system of cross-border policing to ensure that dangerous and organised crime is tackled internationally
  • It must protect the interests of the working people of Scotland at all times, putting the national interest above party politics.
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