Two more unions threw their weight behind Neil Findlay and Katy Clark yesterday in their bid to become leader and deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

RMT, which is no longer affiliated to the party, took the unusual step of declaring support for the left-wing "dream ticket" because the pair have been active in supporting the union's work in Holyrood and Westminster.

"Both Neil Findlay and Katy Clark are strong supporters of public ownership and trade union and employment rights and it is clearly in the interests of the working class that they succeed," said the union's general secretary Mick Cash.