Article 73GD4 Anas Sarwar says Starmer can campaign in Scotland after call for him to quit

Anas Sarwar says Starmer can campaign in Scotland after call for him to quit

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Severin Carrell Scotland editor
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Scottish Labour leader agrees PM can support party's effort to win May's Holyrood election in abrupt about-face

The Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, has agreed that Keir Starmer can campaign for the party in the Holyrood elections just days after calling for the prime minister to resign.

In a marked change of position, Sarwar said Starmer and other cabinet ministers were welcome to support Scottish Labour's faltering effort to win in May, but only if they demonstrated how the UK government was improving lives in Scotland.

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