Labour vows to ‘reset’ relations between Scotland and UK

Responding to the manifesto plans, SNP leader John Swinney said: “I’ll happily work with an incoming Labour government for the betterment of Scotland. That’s my duty as first minister.

“But there are much wider choices available to the public in this election. Because what will concern me deeply is the prolonging of austerity, which is what the Labour government is proposing.”

The Scottish Conservative’s deputy leader, Meghan Gallacher, said the plans showed Labour’s priorities.

“But for me and the Scottish Conservatives, we are certainly looking for the Scottish government to use the powers they have got so far,” she said.

Christine Jardine of the Scottish Liberal Democrats said that she agreed the relationship between Holyrood and Westminster needed to be reset as relations have been bad over the past five years.

She said: “But you’re not going to change that just by changing the government at Westminster.

“You have to change the attitude at Holyrood as well.”