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Anas Sarwar has insisted he will "absolutely" stay on as Scottish Labour leader, despite his party recording their worst ever result at a Scottish Parliament election. Labour lost four seats last week, returning just 17 of the 129 seats available.
"The Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered," said Starmer as he fights for his political future.
Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan has lost her seat in the Senedd as Labour faces a devastating collapse in the country once considered its heartland. The party has come top in every Welsh election – both Westminster and the devolved Cardiff Bay parliament – since 1922.
John Swinney said his party won the election "emphatically" calling it a "landslide" for a pro-independence parliament. He said he intends to invite all Scottish party leaders to St Andrews House next week to discuss how they can work together - except the leader of Reform UK in Scotland.
First minister Eluned Morgan has lost her seat and resigned as Reform UK and Plaid Cymru make epic gains across the country