Anas Sarwar insists he will stay on as Scottish Labour leader
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Updated · BBC.com · May 10
Anas Sarwar insists he will stay on as Scottish Labour leader
8 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 10
After Scottish Labour fell four seats to 17 in the 129-member Holyrood election, Sarwar said his immediate job was to keep the party together and scrutinise the new SNP government.
He would not say whether he plans to lead Labour into the next Scottish election, but stood by his February call for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign.
Labour tied Reform on 17 seats while the SNP won 58, and the result came amid heavy Labour losses in Wales and English councils, fuelling wider criticism of strategy and the UK government.
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