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Scottish parties making final pushes to secure votes in ‘knife edge’ elections
Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at Broxburn Family and Community development centre in Livingston while on the General Election campaign trail, June 15, 2024

SCOTTISH party leaders are making their final pushes to secure votes ahead of this week’s general election.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said today that the country has an opportunity to “put an end to Tory economic misery and choose change.”

He said: “Working people have been forced to pay the price for Tory failure for too long, but Labour has a plan to stop the chaos and kickstart a decade of national renewal.

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