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Scotland to see ‘biggest transfer in wealth and power’ since WWII under Labour, John McDonnell vows
Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh

JOHN McDONNELL will vow tomorrow to give Scotland its “biggest transfer in wealth and power” from London since the second world war.

Ahead of a two-day campaign tour north of the border, the shadow chancellor blasted the Scottish National Party for offering “its own version of neoliberalism.”

Mr McDonnell will set out his vision for redistribution at a speech in Glasgow tomorrow morning.

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