the economy and less about the constitution, Richard Leonard has said. The Scottish Labour leader blamed rising support for independence on Boris Johnson's unpopularity compared to Nicola Sturgeon and the "incredible" amount of media attention her party had received during lockdown.
In a speech broadcast online today, Leonard said his party would campaign at next year's Holyrood election for the creation of a National Care Service - to replace the country's struggling private sector - and for the Scottish Parliament to be given increased borrowing powers to ensure it could boost the lagging economy.
He also backed the prospect of legal action against those involved in the transfer of Covid-19-positive patients from hospital into care homes..
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