Ex-Labour MP says party is tailoring policy to English middle-class

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AN ex-Labour MP has accused the party of tailoring policy to the English middle class and “abandoning everything they’ve ever stood for” in a…

Both policies were promised in Scottish Labour's 2019 manifesto – though their 2021 manifesto only backed a tax rise on the highest incomes if necessary.Labour would use private companies to tackle NHS waiting listsHe told The National: “I can no longer tell you – and I ought to be able to tell you as I feel I’m fairly well versed in politics – what the party stands for.

“When Michael Shanks [Labour’s by-election candidate in Rutherglen and Hamilton West] in Rutherglen and Anas Sarwar say 'we’re talking about a fresh start', a fresh start to me seems to be that you abandon all you’ve ever stood for. Labour’s latest change of approach on a wealth tax comes after they abandoned the idea of ditching the two-child benefits cap – a move which appeared to cause division either side of the Border.

“Some of the people who get selected have no real background in politics or coming from working people,” said Huckfield.

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