Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar set to become a minister in Burnham's government
Anas Sarwar appointment
Covered by 6 sources
- HuffPost UK Politics·22h agoBurnham Hit By Backlash Over Peerage For Labour Leader Who Demanded Starmer Quit
Anas Sarwar and Scottish secretary Douglas Alexander at Scottish Labour’s spring conference in February. Andy Burnham has been hit by a backlash after giving a life peerage and government job to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. Scottish Labour MPs are said to be “furious” at…
Read at HuffPost UK Politics → - BBC Top Stories·1d agoScottish Labour at a crossroads again as Sarwar jumps ship
Anas Sarwar has never made a secret of his desire to hold high office, but where does it leave Scottish Labour?
Read at BBC Top Stories → - Daily Mail News·1d agoLabour MPs' cloying praise for exiting Starmer could almost convince you they ditched him for being too popular - and that Burnham played no part in his overthrow: PETER HITCHENS
Tributes for Sir Keir came from seemingly all quarters, including Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, who called on Keir Starmer to resign in February over the Mandelson scandal.
Read at Daily Mail News → - Guardian Politics·1d agoScottish Labour’s rivals decry ‘chancer’ Anas Sarwar for resigning to join Andy Burnham’s government
The new prime minister plans to make Sarwar, the first Labour figure to call for Keir Starmer’s resignation, a peer Scottish Labour’s rivals in Holyrood have slammed Anas Sarwar’s shock decision to resign as leader to sit in Andy Burnham’s new government, calling him a “chancer”…
Read at Guardian Politics → - BBC Politics·1d agoChris Mason: Sarwar ministerial role sees promotion of another Starmer critic
Months after calling on Keir Starmer to quit, the Scottish Labour leader is set to become a minister in Burnham's government, the BBC's political editor writes.
Read at BBC Politics → - BBC UK News·2d agoScottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar set to become a minister in Burnham's government
It would mean Sarwar leaving the Scottish Parliament and his leader role, then taking up a seat in the House of Lords.
Read at BBC UK News →
