Anas Sarwar: “We need to move very quickly to focusing on the issues they were elected to do - and that's delivering for the great…”

No, I'm focused on being First Minister of this great country.

I am disappointed and sorry we couldn’t achieve a better outcome at the recent Scottish election. I take my fair share of responsibility for that.

The hardest job in British politics is being the leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

I’ve seen how Andy Burnham has worked to empower communities, to deliver change, to brings jobs and economic growth through working with businesses, to make Manchester a great place to live and do business.