Scottish Labour
@ScottishLabour
Scotland’s democratic socialist party.
The first task of @AnasSarwar's Scottish Labour government will be to fix our NHS.
Control of your bills firmly in your hands - that's what our clean power mission does - creating thousands of jobs and energy security in the process. Read our plan to build the clean flexible electricity system of the future 👇
1/2 We want to empower customers with greater control over their electricity bills and usage. Helping households use electricity more flexibly by: 💡Voluntarily using appliances off-peak 🧩Switching to flexible tariffs & tech
Scotland is one of the world's top destinations - it's a shame we don't yet have the infrastructure to match scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…
While the SNP send contracts abroad and fails to defend Scottish manufacturing, Labour in power is showing what can be done. dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2025/07/sarwar…
🇮🇳 The India Trade Deal is great news for Scottish jobs and business. The landmark agreement will deliver a £190 million boost for the Scottish economy as part of the Plan for Change. Spoke to @BBCRadioScot this morning 👇
Despite declaring a housing emergency over a year ago, the SNP’s Housing Secretary has admitted they have no plan to tackle the housing crisis.
Under the SNP, record numbers of Scots are spending their life savings or being plunged into debt to pay to get the care they desperately need.
Nowhere is the SNP’s failure clearer than in the state of Scotland’s NHS.
This defining project will provide enough clean power for millions homes for decades to come. ✅10,000 jobs ✅1,500 apprenticeships ✅3,500 supply chain companies to benefit ✅Clean power for 6 million homes The biggest nuclear building programme in a generation.
Sizewell C gets the green light to become the first nuclear power station co-owned by the government to be built in a generation. Millions of people will benefit from cheaper clean power, as the government agrees a landmark multi-billion-pound deal to build Sizewell C.
As First Minister, Anas Sarwar will declare a national waiting times emergency.
It’s 10 years since the opening of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Within only a few months, I had been contacted by whistleblowers and families over issues at the hospital. What we uncovered is nothing short of the biggest scandal in the history of devolution. Read…
What is Milly’s Law? Read @AnasSarwar's latest column in the @Daily_Record to find out more: dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/…
What the Tories and Reform put at risk with their anti-clean energy rhetoric: 💷£83bn added to the economy in 2024 👩🔧Almost a million jobs across the UK 🏴100,000 Scottish jobs 🏗️22,800 businesses - 94% SMEs They are bad for jobs, bad for investment, bad for energy security.
One in six Scots are on an NHS waiting list. The priority must be bringing down waits and fixing our NHS.
Billions of taxpayer's money down the drain under the SNP. Scots deserve better.
1 in 6 Scots on an NHS waiting list or @AnasSarwar - the former NHS dentist who will do whatever it takes to drive down waiting lists. Your choice next year.
Under the SNP, Scotland's NHS is on its knees. The first task of @AnasSarwar's Scottish Labour government will be to fix our NHS.
By the next General Election, 16 and 17 year olds will have the right to vote - ensuring young peoples' voices are heard. Labour promised it. Labour will deliver it.
The Scottish defence industry is vital to our national security and creating opportunities for our young people to learn skills, fulfill their aspirations. The UK @UKLabour Government is making the right investments to make that happen while the SNP flounder and flop.
A £250m investment in Faslane. That’s Scotland’s Defence Dividend in action. Spoke to @BBCRadioScot this morning about the jobs and industrial opportunity for Scotland from Labour’s increased defence spending.
For the first time in 20 years high-voltage direct current grid cables will be manufactured in the UK – creating jobs and investment in the north of Scotland. A demonstration of the opportunities for Scotland from the UK Government’s clean power mission nationalgrid.com/media-centre/p…
New UK Government reforms will help Scottish businesses trade smoothly with the rest of the UK, supporting the £129bn UK internal market. 🇬🇧💼 It gives the Scottish Government flexibility to set local rules, while avoiding unnecessary trade barriers. 🚫📈