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Scottish Labour's Monica Lennon quits front bench position

SCOTTISH Labour’s Monica Lennon, who lost out to Anas Sarwar in this year’s party leadership election, has quit her front-bench position.

The MSP, who was the architect of legislation that made Scotland the first country in the world to make period products available free of charge, stepped down from her role as net-zero, energy and transport spokesperson on Thursday.

Announcing her resignation on Twitter, she said that it had been a privilege to serve Scottish Labour in spokesperson roles since 2016.

She added that she was grateful to Mr Sarwar for the opportunity and promised to continue working hard to represent the Central Scotland region.

Ms Lennon was first elected to Holyrood in 2016 and served as Scottish Labour’s health spokeswoman during Richard Leonard’s time as party leader. 

Current leader Mr Sarwar thanked her and said that she would always “be welcome back in my senior team.”

Her resignation came the day after Scotland marked the first anniversary of the historic Period Poverty Bill, which Ms Lennon proposed and championed.

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