Scottish Labour leadership candidate Richard Leonard, above, would “build on the foundation laid by Jeremy Corbyn” says Len McCluskey Jane Barlow/PA WireThe head of the UK’s largest union has backed the left-wing MSP Richard Leonard to be the new leader of Scottish Labour — and said that his leadership could help Labour back to power across the UK. Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite trade union, said that if Mr Leonard were voted in to succeed Kezia Dugdale then Labour north of the border would “build on the foundation laid by Jeremy Corbyn”. Mr Leonard is competing for the job against the more moderate MSP Anas Sarwar, who is Labour’s Holyrood health spokesman, with voting in the contest now under way. Ms Dugdale announced her sudden resignation as leader in late August. Addressing the Unite Scottish policy conference in Aviemore, Mr McCluskey said: “Scottish Labour…

Source: The Times October 30, 2017 00:03 UTC