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The Reform UK MSP group outside the Scottish Parliament.

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Michael Marra

Exclusive Union anger at Labour 'claiming ownership' of fire and rehire motion

There are suggestions the Prime Minister could scrap the triple lock on pensions.

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Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra and Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

Michael Marra: Scotland is an 'absolute priority' for the PM

Michael Marra at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool

Analysis Michael Marra was more genuine than Anas Sarwar - but also more boring

New Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra is showing signs that he will be a formidable rival for John Swinney (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

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Reform UK Scotland leader Malcolm Offord called for a vote of no confidence in SNP drugs minister Maree Todd (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

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Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra at First Minister's Qustions

Analysis Michael Marra's punchy and grown-up brand of Labour at first FMQs test

Michael Marra is congratulated after being announced as the winner of the Scottish Labour leadership contest (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Here are the values that drive Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra Jackie Baillie

Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra

Michael Marra vows to put education at the heart of Scottish politics

Michael Marra celebrates after being named as the new Scottish Labour leader

Marra: Labour trying to appeal to a Scotland that no longer exists

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Analysis Michael Marra faces long road ahead to rebuild Scottish Labour

Scottish Labour leadership candidate Michael Marra

Leadership hopeful says Scottish Labour is still a significant force

A big Fringe crowd watches a performer juggleswith knives while balancing on a giraffe unicycle on Edinburgh's High Street (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Rumours of the Fringe's death are greatly exaggerated

Michael Marra warned Scottish Labour requires “a huge culture change right from the bottom of the party up”

Exclusive Marra warns Labour could 'lose national status' over Glasgow focus

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Readers' Letters: What Scottish Labour needs is a new Jimmy Reid

You may have forgotten that Michael Marra once told Andy Burnham to 'shut up' (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Our problem with Marra's 'je ne regrette rien' stance on Burnham jibe Scotsman comment

Michael Marra was speaking in Glasgow on Monday

Labour's Michael Marra defends telling Andy Burnham to 'shut up'

Michael Marra MSP

'Labour will rediscover its soul' under my leadership, says Marra

Michael Marra is running for Scottish Labour leader

Exclusive Michael Marra vows 'national renewal' in Scottish education

Joe Fagan speaking at his campaign launch in Glasgow city centre (pic: John Devlin)

Fagan will lift Scots Labour council coalitions ban if elected leader

Joe Fagan

Analysis East Kilbride Obama should stick to straight-talking answers

Scottish Labour finance spokesperson, Michael Marra

Marra likely to make Scots Labour leadership ballot after NUM backing

Rosebank and Jackdaw are contentious topics in the SNP

Swinney accused of 'weakly watching on' in SNP oil and gas 'civil war'

Anas Sarwar speaking on Matt Forde's Political Party at the Edinburgh Fringe

Sarwar says 'my interest is in government' as he defends joining Lords

Former first minister Henry McLeish

Exclusive Ex-first minister's warning to Scottish Labour amid bitter infighting

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Douglas Alexander

Exclusive Douglas Alexander 'remains neutral' in Scottish Labour leadership race

Monica Lennon (Jane Barlow/PA)

Exclusive Unite set to back Monica Lennon for Scottish Labour leader

Joe Fagan

Exclusive Anas Sarwar's comms chief working on Joe Fagan's leadership campaign

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Left-wing MSP is not standing in Scottish Labour leadership contest

Scottish Labour MSP Monica Lennon

Scottish Labour leader race 'reeks of misogyny and male entitlement'

Michael Marra, Monica Lennon, and Joe Fagan

Analysis Scottish Labour will be ungovernable after this leadership contest

Michael Marra, Monica Lennon, and Joe Fagan

Scots Labour leadership contender takes swipe at Sarwar joining Lords

Michael Marra, Monica Lennon, and Joe Fagan

Labour MPs and MSPs warned about 'male, pale and stale' leader contest

Michael Marra, Monica Lennon, and Joe Fagan

Analysis How union support could be key to Scottish Labour leadership

Monica Lennon announced last week she would run for the Scottish Labour leadership (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Exclusive Monica Lennon confirmed as MSP and 'has numbers for leadership race'

MSPs will need to return on Friday as the assisted dying debate runs over schedule.

Assisted dying: MSPs to take rare step of Friday sitting for debate

Finance Secretary Shona Robison (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Exclusive 'Politically indefensible': Emails show strain on government purse

Shona Robison's budget could deprioritise funding for parts of the NHS

NHS could 'deteriorate' as hospital and ambulance funding set to dip

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Exclusive Reform's only MSP denies Nigel Farage will abolish Holyrood

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Exclusive £300m raided from ScotWind revenues to prop up SNP's Budget

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