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Richard Leonard has laid out a radical vision for a better Scotland, inside the UK with anti-austerity Labour governments in power at Holyrood and Westminster.

Carers Week gives my Scottish Labour colleagues and me the chance to pay thanks to you, and 800,000 fellow carers, for the monumental support you provide every day of the year.

Out of love, you dedicate your lives to caring for friends and relatives, all year round. You are the unsung heroes of our country and do not get nearly enough recognition
for the massive unpaid contribution you make to society. You save the government, particularly our NHS and social care system, billions of pounds because of the selfless care and attention you provide. Thank you.

- 1 in 5 wait longer than six weeks

Labour has branded waiting times for key diagnostic test for conditions such as cancer unacceptable, as new figures reveal almost 18,000 cases were taking longer than they should have in new data published today.