Dugdale to unveil industrial strategy as part of For The Many campaign

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale will reveal her party’s new industrial strategy at a campaign launch in Edinburgh today.

The scheme, aimed at growing Scotland’s economy, will focus on increasing jobs and productivity, and supporting local businesses.

The strategy is part of the party’ssummercampaign,for The Many, which will examine a programme of issues each week including health, education and the cost of living.

Speaking ahead of the launch, Ms Dugdale said: “Scottish Labour firmly believes that a strategy for industry should be a top priority for any Scottish Government.

“We need a Scottish Government with a plan for jobs and economic development.

“That’s why our new industrial strategy is the starting point for our summer campaign, For The Many.

“After more than a decade in power in Scotland, the SNP is presiding over a struggling economy ,while schools have thousands of fewer teachers and NHS workers are undervalued and over-stretched.

“It’s time for Nicola Sturgeon to get back to the day job.

“Over the course of summer, we will put forward Labour’s positive alternative for a country that is run for the many, not the few.”

SNP MSP Ivan Mckee said: “Labour continue their obsession with doom and gloom.

“The biggest challenge facing Scotland’s economy is Brexit and the prospect of being ripped out of Europe against our will, which would be disastrous for jobs, investment and living standards – and Kezia Dugdale should say whether she backs the Labour leadership’s support for an extreme Brexit outside the world’s biggest single market.”