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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar
by Niall Christie
Scotland editor
SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar pledged today to freeze taxes and prioritise the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis as he unveiled the party’s manifesto for next month’s Holyrood election.
Mr Sarwar set out his party’s “route map back to stronger and better times” for Scotland following the coronavirus crisis with “five distinct recovery plans” covering jobs, the NHS, education, the climate and communities.
However, the party’s manifesto makes no mention of the Trident nuclear weapons. Despite this, Mr Sarwar, when asked, claimed that he wanted to rid the world of nukes and would “consider” any attempts through devolved powers to remove them from Scotland.
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