Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar must stand up to his party at Westminster to demand employment law is devolved to Holyrood, the SNP has said.
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It follows comments from shadow Scottish secretary Ian Murray in the Daily Record that he does not support granting more powers to the Scottish Parliament if Labour is elected at the general election.
Mr Sarwar has previously called for Scotland to be able to set its own minimum wage, arguing the move could be part of “phase two” of Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s potential administration.
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Asked in the Record if he believes a Labour government should devolve more powers to Holyrood, Mr Murray said: “Not personally, no. I think we’ve got to try and make it work better. Scottish Government need to use the powers that it’s got.
“I don’t think a discussion about devolution should be about individual powers anymore. I think it should be about what’s currently used and how Holyrood can become much better.”
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Mr Murray added that allowing Holyrood to go further on the minimum wage would not have to be a legislative power, arguing instead for businesses to be encouraged to use existing voluntary schemes.
He said: “It wouldn’t be a legislative power, but they can still do things like that already – of course it’s on a voluntary basis – but it’s worked for large numbers of people.
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