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Neil Findlay launching Labour leader bid Neil Findlay launches Labour leadership bid
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MSP Neil Findlay will launch his campaign to be the new Scottish Labour leader insisting he is no "machine politician". MSP Neil Findlay has launched his campaign to be the new Scottish Labour leader insisting he is no "machine politician".
Supporters of the left-wing politician believe he has been building support to beat MP Jim Murphy, seen as the frontrunner in the contest.Supporters of the left-wing politician believe he has been building support to beat MP Jim Murphy, seen as the frontrunner in the contest.
Mr Findlay's leadership bid has won significant union backing, including from Unison and Unite. On the day of the MSP's launch, he was backed by the GMB union. He already has the support of Unison and Unite.
The labour leadership is up for grabs after Johann Lamont's decision to quit. The Labour leadership is up for grabs after Johann Lamont's decision to quit.
She accused Labour in Westminster of treating the party in Scotland like a "branch office".She accused Labour in Westminster of treating the party in Scotland like a "branch office".
The new leader will be announced on 13 December, after a contest decided by a vote involving Scottish Labour parliamentarians, party members and affiliated trade unions and societies.The new leader will be announced on 13 December, after a contest decided by a vote involving Scottish Labour parliamentarians, party members and affiliated trade unions and societies.
Mr Findlay is launching his campaign at the miners welfare club in Fauldhouse, the West Lothian village where the former bricklayer and teacher grew up and still lives. Mr Findlay launched his campaign at the miners welfare club in Fauldhouse, the West Lothian village where the former bricklayer and teacher grew up and still lives.
The Lothian MSP, who left school at 16, said a strategy to end poverty and youth unemployment would be at the heart of Scottish Labour's 2016 election manifesto.The Lothian MSP, who left school at 16, said a strategy to end poverty and youth unemployment would be at the heart of Scottish Labour's 2016 election manifesto.
He also said social care would be made a "rewarding and fairly-paid career" and that the NHS would be fit to meet the demands of the 21st Century.He also said social care would be made a "rewarding and fairly-paid career" and that the NHS would be fit to meet the demands of the 21st Century.
Labour valuesLabour values
Getting his campaign under way, Mr Findlay is expected to say: "I never sought to have a career in politics. I am not a career politician, I am not a machine politician. Getting his campaign under way, Mr Findlay said: "It's shameful families in this country can't afford to feed their children or hear their homes and have to rely on food banks.
"The modern day conventional political career is school to university to working for a politician then into parliament - that's not me." "A national strategy to end poverty in Scotland will be at the heart of our 2016 manifesto when I am Labour leader."
He will also tell supporters Scotland needed Labour values of community, solidarity, fairness and justice, adding: "We must give people hope. He added: "There will be no privatisation of Scotland's NHS under my leadership."
"We must act to put a roof over our people's heads.
"We must move beyond sympathetic rhetoric and deliver - deliver decent homes for every child, for every family, for every person."
The Lothian MSP , who has also been backed by the Glasgow Kelvin Constituency Labour Party, is aiming to extend his union support to individual Scottish Labour members, ahead of the winner being announced.The Lothian MSP , who has also been backed by the Glasgow Kelvin Constituency Labour Party, is aiming to extend his union support to individual Scottish Labour members, ahead of the winner being announced.
His campaign said it had been "overwhelmed" with support from party members and a "significant" amount of money had been raised in small donations. Mr Findlay told those gathered for his launch event: "Our ambitions for Scotland must be big enough to match Scotland's needs. That is what I want us to be doing.
Mr Murphy, a former Scottish secretary, has been backed by a majority of Scottish Labour parliamentarians for the leadership, which is also being contested by MSP Sarah Boyack. "Taking Labour forward, taking Scotland forward. Labour values for a Labour Scotland. That's the challenge that faces us - let's rise to it".
The leadership is being contested by Mr Findlay, his fellow-MSP Sarah Boyack and the MP Jim Murphy.