Richard Leonard to face motion of no confidence at party summit tomorrow

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.RICHARD Leonard has appealed for an extension to the government’s job retention scheme.The Central Scotland MSP says this would be “good for people, jobs and the economy”.More than 42,000 workers across North Lanarkshire have benefited from the scheme, which is due to close at the end of next month.Scottish Labour leader Mr Leonard said: “It is crucial that the scheme is maintained to help save jobs and keep businesses afloat.“The fact that other countries, including economic powerhouses like Germany, are taking this approach and economists are telling us it is the sensible approach means the UK Chancellor must act.“Workers and businesses are not

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard is in the obligatory ­politician’s casual, the open-neck check shirt and jeans, with a flash of red socks under blue slip-ons.We meet in his garden in a pleasant working-class street in Paisley, with ­stunning views over Ralston golf course, where the loud trundle of a tractor on the green is forcing Leonard to shout.And right now, Leonard is all about being heard, hitting the media circuit like a band with a new single out.Rebel Labour MSPs are attempting a coup, threatening legal action if he doesn’t stand down as leader.

Richard Leonard. MSP Jackie Baillie and MP Ian Murray were named by youth representatives on the ruling SEC body angry at bitter split in the troubled party.

rebel MSPs by replacing them with female key workers.  Leonard said he wants more working-class women in the Scottish Parliament and hopes to put frontline staff like carers and nurses at the top of the party’s regional lists.  Speaking to the Daily Record, Leonard denied the move is intended to punish plotters demanding he stand down. He said the plan is designed to take the party back to its working-class roots and increase diversity. The key worker places are part of his strategy to put women at the top of regional lists.Leonard said: “We need more women and we need positive action to make that happen."This is not about a handful of MSPs.

party members they have 'underestimated' him and slammed their "despicable" calls for him to step down. As the party civil war intensifies, Leonard said he needed to 'remind a small group of people' that they had underestimated his resolve.

Richard Leonard has said the row over whether a leadership challenge can be mounted against the embattled Scottish Labour leader could end up in the courts.MSP Daniel Johnson, who has urged Leonard to stand down, said the view that Holyrood colleagues cannot trigger a contest is legally challengeable.Leonard is fighting to hold on to his job after a mutiny by MSP colleagues.Johnson, James Kelly, Jenny Marra and Mark Griffin have all called on the left-winger to quit, as have four party peers.As revealed by the Daily Record, Johnson and Kelly believe that the signatures of 5 Labour MSPs are required to force a challenge, but Leonard has denied this rule exists.The confusion led to the two MSPs writing to Scottish Labour general secretary

Richard Leonard say they have the numbers required for a leadership challenge against him.MSPs James Kelly and Daniel Johnson claim to have the five signatures necessary for a contest, but they have demanded clarity amid disagreement on the rules.Leonard, who has been in post for nearly three years, is under pressure over terrible election results and dismal opinion polls.Four MSPs - Kelly, Johnson, Jenny Marra and Mark Griffin - have all called on him to quit, as have four party peers.His detractors believe the support of 5 Labour MSPs are required to force a challenge, but Leonard has denied this rule exists.In a letter to Scottish Labour general secretary Michael Sharpe, Kelly and Johnson wrote:“We are writing to you as we feel there is

Richard Leonard’s accent - by her own party. Dehenna Davison, MP for Bishop Auckland in the north of England, has been criticised for a tweet blaming the leader of Scottish Labour’s accent as the reason for the party’s decline.

Richard Leonard has doubled down on his vow to stay as Labour leader into the Scottish elections despite a volley of calls from colleagues to step down. The beleaguered Scottish Labour leader began what is expected to be a week of fightback interviews this week with an early morning appearance on Sky News.

Richard Leonard to stand down, piling pressure on the embattled party leader.Peers Helen Liddell, ex Defence Secretary George Robertson and Meta Ramsay have urged Leonard to step down.They were joined by fellow Labour peer George Foulkes, but the former MP and MSP is already on the record calling for Leonard to resign.Leonard, leader for nearly three years, is fighting for his political life over terrible election results and dismal opinion polls.In recent days, four of his own MSPs - James Kelly, Jenny Marra, Mark Griffin and Daniel Johnson, all said they had lost confidence in him.In a new development, the four peers told Leonard they were contacting him as “members of the Scottish Labour Party with many years of continuous service to the

@LabourRichard resigns are the ones who told us that Better Together was a huge success story for Labour and that Jim Murphy was the salvation of the Party - they have been repeatedly wrong and are wrong again - it’s treachery with a snarl.” Leonard has insisted he is staying on and will lead the party into the Holyrood election on a platform of "building a National Care Service, establishing a quality Jobs Guarantee scheme and reviving Scotland's economy with a Green New Deal".He said: "If any party representative thinks an internal faction fight is more important than this agenda, then they will have to answer to party members and the voters whom we serve".