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David Henderson Andrew Kerr
BBC Scotland correspondent, reporting from Edinburgh BBC Scotland political correspondent
Over in Scotland, SNP leader John Swinney is out on campaign trail and kicked things off today by riding the Levenmouth Rail Link, which reopens 5 miles (8km) of line through Fife. There's more reaction now, from Scotland, to the news about veteran MP Diane Abbott.
This £116m project aims to reconnect towns cut off by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says he has no knowledge of
Beeching-era cuts. what’s happening - and that he doesn't know about the process or if it’s been concluded.
(As a reminder, these cuts took place during the 1960s when a series of route closures and service changes were made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain.) Decisions on candidates in England
Swinney’s calling for UK Labour to “follow Scotland’s are a matter for Labour's National Executive Committee, he adds. That's the party's governing body.
lead” by bringing rail services under public ownership. He’s demanding that they “end austerity” with major new spending Abbott has been a great trailblazer for the
on infrastructure. party for 40 years, a historical figure in the Labour Party and a historical
All this, you’ll note, assumes Labour is cleared for a win at the general election. It’s a recurring theme in this SNP campaign. figure in British politics, he tells reporters from the east end of Glasgow - where Scottish Labour are focusing on their warm homes plan.
Swinney says his party will force Labour to the left at We're yet to hear from the Labour leadership about Abbott's claim that the party's barred her from standing as a candidate at the election - we're chasing the party for comment and we're hoping to hear from Starmer soon.
Westminster.
So his pitch to the voters is clear: the Tories and Labour
are two sides of the same coin with identical plans for government - meaning a vote
for the SNP will give Scots a stronger voice in the UK Parliament, whoever
wins the election.
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