Richard Leonard The website of Richard Leonard MSP, Leader of the Scottish Labour Party
June 2020
Richard Leonard Reacts to Fatal Incident in Glasgow City Centre
Leonard Calls for “Burning Flame of Hope” for a Better Scotland
Richard Leonard – Economic Turmoil Must Be Met by National Industrial Strategy and Collective Action
Elaine Smith Lodges Draft Bill to Enshrine The Right to Food in Scots Law
Clarity Needed Now on Provision and Funding of PPE for Teachers - Iain Gray MSP
Blended Lending Is Not A Contingency Plan for School Return , It’s The Only Plan in Place – Iain Gray MSP
QEUH Cancer Patients Let Down by SNP and Health Board – Monica Lennon MSP
Scottish Labour Calls for Education Statement Before Summer Recess
Richard Leonard Comment on Dominic Cummings' Statement
Ian Murray Comments on Resignation of Douglas Ross from UK Government Over Cummings Controversy
Scottish Labour Calls for “Welcome” for Children’s Bill To Be Strengthened
Failure to Meet Waiting Time Targets Underlines Need for an NHS Recovery Plan – Monica Lennon MSP
May 2020
Failure to Meet Waiting Time Targets Underlines Need for an NHS Recovery Plan – Monica Lennon MSP
Monica Lennon MSP : BBC Investigation Reveals Failure to Lockdown Early has Cost Thousands of Lives
Richard Leonard : PMI Shows Government Must Offer Job Guarantee to Provide Light at End of Tunnel
Care Home Hovid -19 Deaths Significantly Higher in Scotland than in England
Huge Number of Cancelled Operations Highlights Need for NHS Recovery Plan – Monica Lennon MSP
Focus on Testing Welcome, But Overdue; It's Time for An Exit Plan that Will Leave No One Behind
Scottish Labour Calls For National Food Plan to be Added to Agricultural Bill
April 2020
Decisive Action Must Be Taken to Rebuild and Reform Scotland’s Fragile Economy – Richard Leonard
Leonard Calls on First Minister to Prioritise Coronavirus in Parliamentary Business
Failure to Attend COBRA Meetings A “Dereliction of Duty”
Right to Food Must Be enshrined in Law to Tackle Food Poverty During Pandemic – Elaine Smith MSP
Comment on Ferries Between Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scottish Labour Lodges Fair Rent Bill to Support Tenants
Comment on Ferries Between Scotland and Northern Ireland
Chancellor’s Coronavirus Boost Risks Pushing Thousands Beyond Benefit Cap into Poverty Less Than 2 Per cent of Social Care Workers Tested
Richard Leonard Comments on Extension of Lockdown Period
Richard Leonard Secures Commitment to Consider Compassionate Testing
Leonard Welcomes PPE for Care Workers Announcement
Tragic Rise In Coronavirus Deaths Underlines Case for Mass Testing
Leonard Calls on Matheson to Take Action to Save WABTEC as Company Accuses Government of Failing to Provide Assistance
Matheson Must Inspect Wabtec Tender Conditions Amid Kilmarnock Closure Plan – Richard Leonard
Leonard Questions Sturgeon Over Testing and PPE
Wabtec Kilmarnock Closure Must be Fought Tooth and Nail - Richard Leonard
Lowest Earners and The Self-Employed Will Bear the Financial Brunt of Covid-19 – Rhoda Grant MSP
6 Month Ban on Rental Evictions Will Ease Minds in This Stressful Time – Pauline McNeill MSP
Scottish Labour Backs Calls for Extension of Free Bus Travel For Critical Workers
Time for a Joined-Up Programme to Promote STEM Study in Scotland’s Schools – Iain Gray MSP
Rhoda Grant MSP Responds to UK Budget
Chronic Pain Patients Failed Again as Thousands Wait Months for Treatment
“Women Will Never Be Equal If We Are Not Safe From Male Violence” – Pauline McNeill MSP
Delayed Discharge Figures Continue to Spiral Under the SNP
Scottish Labour Oppose SNP-Green “Cuts Budget”
Labour Secures Commitment to Consider Coronavirus as Part of Laundry Closures Decision
February 2020
Richard Leonard : SNP’s Lack of Strategy is Failing The Workers of Scotland
Scottish Labour Leader Demands Answers Over Derek Mackay Resignation
Richard Leonard’s Comments on Derek Mackay Resignation
Richard Leonard Takes Nicola Sturgeon To Task on Derek Mackay and NHS Tayside
Damning Report Shows Serious Failings in Mental Health Service at NHS Tayside – Richard Leonard
January 2020
Scotland Needs Home Rule - Not Inequality in a Separate Scotland
Home Rule Parliament in Federal UK – Richard Leonard Sets Out Vision to Citizens Assembly
Justice System Failing Families and Losing Confidence
Richard Leonard Comments on SEC Meeting
“Scottish Government Must Heed COSLA’s Call on Climate Change Funding”- Claudia Beamish
Comment on “Scotland’s City Region and Growth Deals” – Colin Smyth
Richard Leonard's New Year Message
December 2019
Richard Leonard Lays Out Labour’s Plan for Rural Communities
Real Change Needed to Address Scotland’s Health Inequalities
Leaked Treasury Documents Warn “Union Undermined” by Tory Brexit Deal
Small Businesses Need The Support of a Labour Government
Sturgeon Challenged on her Education Record
Scotland’s Public Services Not Safe in Sturgeon’s Hands
November 2019
Labour Retrofitting Plan to End Fuel Poverty with 35,000 Jobs and £6billion Investment in Scotland
October 2019
Richard Leonard’s Address to the UK Co-operative Party Conference
Scrapping Universal Credit Will Benefit Half a Million Scottish Households
First Minister Must Demand NHS Tayside Must Follow Review Recommendation
September 2019
New Investment Bank Must Tackle Centralisation and Climate Change – Richard Leonard
First Minister’s Questions – Are You Trying To Rig the Referendum Process ?
Jeremy Corbyn Is PM-in-Waiting : Richard Leonard
Jeremy Corbyn speech at 2019 Labour Party conference
Democracy Needs Renewal - Speech
Jeremy Corbyn's speech to the 2019 TUC
CBI Report Shows SNP-Tory Failure on the Economy
Richard Leonard : Initial Response To Programme for Government
Scottish Labour Shadow Cabinet Positions
August 2019
Richard Leonard – Scotland Needs Radical Reforming Labour Governments- Not Another Referendum
July 2019
Richard Leonard - Comment on the election of Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party
Scotland Must Be Innovative to Make Transformative Change - Richard Leonard
Only Scottish Labour is Fighting For Real Change at Holyrood
June 2019
Excluding Existing Monklands Site Is A "Betrayal" of Local Community
SNP Government Fails To Bring Education Debates to Parliament for Last 19 Months
SNP Must Not Ignore Charities on Income Supplement – Richard Leonard
Labour Must Take On The English Nationalism of Boris Johnson
Scottish Labour: Statement on Brexit position
Theresa May Sowed Division as Tory leader – Richard Leonard
Scottish Government Must Act Now to Protect Jobs and Save The Caley Depot
May 2019
Give Families Advance Copy of Tayside Mental Health Services Report
March2019
Comment on Scottish Land Commission report
February 2019
Economy Report Shows Need for Fundamental Change
January 2019
Oxfam Inequality Report Shows It’s “Time For Change”
Labour Formally Calls for Sturgeon Ministerial Code Referral
December 2018
Workers in Scotland do almost £1.9 Billion of Unpaid Overtime a Year
Over 28,000 Primary Schoolchildren Face "Holiday Hunger” This Christmas
Labour Formally Call For SNP To Give Up Salmond Committee Chair
SNP must listen to Civic Scotland and Top Up Child Benefit
Budget should deliver a Fares Freeze for hard pressed passengers
Scotland loses more than 100 specialist ASN teachers under Sturgeon
Urgent Action Needed as 1 Million Scots Living in Poverty
Local People want Monklands Hospital to Stay in the Monklands
November 2018
SNP has quadrupled Tory Austerity for Local Services
Response to Scottish Government Brexit Analysis