RICHARD LEONARD announced new crackdowns on outsourcing and blacklisting this weekend, as he vowed to put people power at the centre of Scotland’s economy and political system.

In his first speech to Scottish Labour conference as the party’s leader, the leftwinger said he would bring social care back into the public sector and mooted a “total ban” on evicting tenants during the winter months.

He said Scottish Labour’s “starting point” would be “to ensure our public services are there to serve the Scottish public not the balance sheets of financiers.”