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Kezia Dugdale: Scottish Labour is set against austerity – and it’s not just talk
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SCOTTISH Labour leader Kezia Dugdale wants voters to know that her party is changing. She says Labour now has a “clear anti-austerity message and policies to back that up.”
Dugdale recently took time during her election campaign to speak exclusively to the Star about Scottish Labour’s election manifesto pledges to end austerity, halt the Trade Union Bill and challenge private companies profiteering from public services.
When I meet her in Scottish Labour’s campaign office in Edinburgh, Dugdale tells me that her party’s “priority” is to “end austerity in Scotland.”
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