LABOUR’S leadership has been urged to focus on the future and a green industrial revolution ahead of a Scottish visit by the shadow chancellor.
Rachel Reeves will visit Renfrewshire today in her first visit north of the border in the role, claiming a Labour government at Westminster would “buy, make and sell more in Scotland.”
The party has set out plans to use social and environmental clauses in public contracts to raise standards, as well as prioritising British companies and those offering secure work for public contracts.
Ms Reeves claimed the pandemic offers a chance to seize new opportunities and shape a new future for Scotland, promising to bring security and resilience back to the economy.
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Large western US blaze forces evacuations as lightning forecast
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17/07/2021 - 02:18 Helicopters loaded with water flew over the Bootleg Fire, 27 miles northeast of Klamath Falls, near Bly, Oregon Payton Bruni AFP 4 min
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The extreme drought-hit western United States braced for more wildfire destruction Friday as efforts to contain a vast blaze scorching southern Oregon failed to progress, and dangerous dry lightning storms were forecast in California.
The Bootleg Fire near Oregon s border with California grew overnight to 240,000 acres larger than New York City, and by far the biggest active blaze in the US while remaining just seven percent contained.
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