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Shadow chancellor John McDonnell alongside Scottish Labour Leader Richard Leonard after delivering a keynote speech at Glasgow City Halls
SCOTTISH Labour leader Richard Leonard promised “democratic renewal” and said abolishing the House of Lords and replacing it with a “senate of the nations and regions” could help to reshape the political system today.
With shadow chancellor John McDonnell Mr Leonard set out Labour’s plans for Scotland, saying the party was looking at moving to a federal system.
Though “we cannot impose a federal structure right across the UK unless it is demanded right across the UK,” he said that “calls for decentralisation” were amplifying across the whole of Britain and Labour was keen to explore how to strengthen democracy at all levels.
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