Lib Dems kick off manifesto launch week with pledges to fix NHS and social care while the Conservatives focus on post-election plansSign up for Election Edition, our UK general election newsletterDouglas Ross has announced that he will stand down as leader of the Scottish Conservatives on July 4 following sustained criticism of his three jobs and fresh allegations about improper expenses claims.In a surprise statement on Monday morning, Ross also announced that – should he win the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency at the Westminster election – he will also stand down as an MSP at Holyrood.I have served as MP, MSP and Leader for over three years now and believed I could continue to do so if re-elected to Westminster, but on reflection, that is not feasible.My party has a chance to beat the SNP in key seats up and down Scotland, including in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East. We must now come together and fully focus on doing exactly that.And if we have to, in the short term, have larger classes, we have larger classes.I am afraid [what Thornberry said] just wasn’t right.Actually what we are seeing across the state sector is a falling number of pupils in our classrooms because of the falling birth rate, and there are fewer young people arriving at school. Continue reading…
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2024-06-10 11:19:15
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