Anas Sarwar: Last News

Scottish independence argument to one side and to focus on creating more jobs. The former Prime Minister has called for an end to " petty politicking " and for a job policy to be created to help the Scottish economy out of the pandemic.

Scottish Labour’s leadership contenders have revealed that they could push for income tax rises.Hopefuls Monica Lennon and Anas Sarwar broke the news while debating their political stances on BBC's The Nine programme on Monday.Ms Lennon said any changes would be part of an overall review while Mr Sarwar claimed he wanted to bring in more money to the public purse by increasing the amount paid by top earners.He added: “I think we need a progressive tax system where we get the powers we need to do a progressive tax system.“I think people can, in that top bracket, pay more.”The Glasgow MSP suggested a five percent tax rise for those earning more than £150,000 a year and two percent for those over £100,000.Ms Lennon said there needed to be a

Police investigating the death of a ten year old cancer patient at Glasgow’s super hospital have issued a report to prosecutors.