and Anas Sarwar will today call for a UK-wide focus on
national recovery from the pandemic.
Labour leader Starmer will join Scottish leader Sarwar to pay
tribute to frontline NHS workers in Scotland.
Speaking ahead of a visit to Edinburgh and Glasgow, Starmer said
Scotland’s recovery ‘must be the number one priority for its
Government’.
With elections across the UK in May, Sarwar revealed earlier this
week that Scottish Labour’s Holyrood campaign will prioritise
unity over division, with a national recovery plan including: a
jobs recovery; an NHS recovery; an education recovery; a climate
recovery; and a communities recovery.
MP, Leader of the Labour Party, said:
“First and foremost, today is about paying tribute to the NHS
staff across Scotland who have been on the frontline of this
pandemic. They have battled Covid heroically, and now they are
helping defeat it by rolling out the vaccine.
“Once this virus is beaten, Scotland’s recovery must be the
number one priority for its government. That’s what Anas Sarwar
and Scottish Labour are offering in May’s election.
“Scottish Labour, under Anas’s leadership, is the only party
serious about tackling the injustices which have been brutally
exposed by Covid.
“Whether it’s education, the economy, or Scotland’s NHS, a vote
for Scottish Labour in May is a vote to secure Scotland’s
recovery.”
, Leader of the Scottish
Labour Party, said:
“At this election we will be prioritising unity over division.
“After everything we have been through across the entire UK, we
can’t return to the old arguments.
“Over the past year, our NHS staff in every nation and region of
the UK have worked so hard under intense pressure.
“But our thanks is not enough – we need a relentless focus on a
national recovery plan which prioritises our NHS, so that we
never again have to choose between treating a virus or treating
cancer.”
