Sarwar to vow ‘change’ for young people as he unveils Scottish Labour manifesto
Anas Sarwar will today unveil Scottish Labour’s election manifesto, declaring that a vote for his party is a “vote to change Scotland for this generation and the next”.
The Scottish Labour leader will launch the document later today and is expected to urge voters to think about the next generation of Scots when they cast their vote on July 4th, pledging that Labour would “look after young people from cradle to career”.
Sarwar is expected to particularly highlight Labour’s commitment to scrap minimum wage age bands and its pledge to ensure the minimum wage “is a genuine living wage”, with Scottish Labour claiming that more than 200,000 people in Scotland, including 40,000 young people, would see their pay rise as a result.
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Sarwar will say: “This election is an opportunity to deliver change for everyone in Scotland right now. But this election is also about the next generation of Scots and the future we build for them. Giving them back hope and opportunity.
“Opportunities for their own future so that every young Scot can fill their true potential and hope for Scotland’s future. A vote for Scottish Labour on July 4th is a vote to change Scotland for this generation and the next.”
The Scottish Labour leader is expected to add: “We will do this by improving access to apprenticeships, supporting first-time buyers, creating those jobs in the industries of the future and delivering a pay rise for 40,000 young Scots.
“Labour will look after young people from cradle to career. No matter a child’s background they should leave education equipped with the skills they need for work and life. Labour will spread opportunity at every age, because every child should believe that success belongs to them.
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“Under the Tories, thousands are stuck in poverty pay – and under the SNP, youth unemployment has risen and opportunities have been taken away.
“I promise the young people of Scotland that this is not as good as it gets. This election is the chance to deliver a decade of national renewal, and this manifesto is a blueprint to a brighter future. It’s an opportunity to change Scotland for this generation – and the next. It’s an opportunity we need to make sure we don’t miss.”
Scottish Labour said its manifesto will “outline the first steps of change” that a UK Labour government would deliver for Scotland but also “look ahead to the change that a Scottish Labour government could implement after the 2026 Holyrood election”.
As well as reflecting many of the policies included in Labour’s national manifesto, Scottish Labour said its manifesto will also set out specific changes the party believes are needed in Scotland, including a ‘skills to school’ programme with reforms to careers advice developed in partnership with the private and public sector.
Scottish Labour launching manifesto and Greens call for jet super tax
Anas Sarwar's general election manifesto to target the youth vote with an eye on the 2026 Holyrood vote.
Scottish Labour is launching its manifesto on Tuesday with a focus on the nation’s young people and an eye to Holyrood’s next ballot in two years.
The party will make the pitch for a Labour government at Westminster including proposals to increase the living wage for what the party estimates would be 200,000 people in Scotland.
The manifesto will include the mortgage guarantee scheme for first-time buyers, support for creative industries and the banning of zero-hours contracts previously announced by Keir Starmer.
The party will pledge to “look after young people from cradle to career”.
But there will also be a section dedicated to Scottish Labour plans if the party wins the 2026 election.
Reform to apprenticeships, improving standards in education and boosting the use of technology in the NHS will all be on the cards if Labour takes the keys to Bute House in just under two years.
Meanwhile, the Scottish Greens are calling for a “super tax” on private jets ahead of the party’s manifesto launch later this week.
The party is also calling for tax breaks on aviation fuel to be removed and the phasing out of short-haul flights.
And First Minister John Swinney is calling on Sarwar to “stand up” to UK Labour leader Starmer over the two-child cap, a policy Starmer said he would not reverse as prime minister.
Scottish Labour manifesto outlines 'six first steps for change'
Scottish Labour has launched its general election manifesto with the party setting out its "six first steps for change".
Anas Sarwar has pledged his party will:Deliver economic stability with tough spending rules to grow the economy and keep taxes, inflation and mortgages low
Cut NHS waiting times by investing in our NHS and funding 160,000 additional appointments every year in Scotland, paid for by cracking down on tax avoidance and non-dom loopholes.
Set up GB Energy in Scotland, a publicly-owned clean power company, to create jobs and cut bills for good, paid for by a windfall tax on oil and gas giants
Make work pay with a "New Deal for Working People" that will ban zero-hour contracts and deliver a living wage for 200,000 Scots
Create jobs and opportunities for young people by improving access to apprenticeships, supporting first-time buyers, and creating 69,000 Scottish jobs in the clean energy industries
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The Scottish Greens are set to propose a £1,000-per-head private jet tax in the party’s manifesto.
The document, due to be released this week, will include the measure in a bid to reduce the number of private flights, as well as removing tax breaks on aviation fuel and phasing out short-haul flights.
Scottish Green co-leader Lorna Slater pledged “bold plans” to cut the number of aircraft taking off.
“We are in a climate emergency, with the evidence all around us. It is obscene that a small number of very wealthy people are jetting around the globe in climate wrecking private jets,” she said.
“There is absolutely no justification for something so needless and destructive, not when the stakes are so high and the consequences are so severe.
“By introducing a super tax on these flights we can cut the number of jets in our sky and ensure that those who are polluting our planet are paying for the damage they are doing.”
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