Labour has just blown a big chance to seize initiative on Scotland’s future

Report of a speech by Scotttish Labour Party leader Kezia Dugdale to the Institute for Public Policy Research, London, 7 December 2016.

Since the Brexit vote in June 2016, Scotland's future has been a central question as the UK has dealt with the consequences of the referendum. In her first major speech on the constitution since becoming Scottish Labour Leader, Kezia Dugdale set out the way forward for the UK after the Brexit vote, how the UK deals with the major economic and political changes that the country is confronting and what this means for Scotland and the UK constitution.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Scottish independence and the polls: why Brexit is not a game changer http://www.europeansources.info/record/scottish-independence-and-the-polls-why-brexit-is-not-a-game-changer/

BBC News, 07.12.16: Kezia Dugdale calls for 'new Act of Union' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-38223719

IPPR: Event: Kezia Dugdale MSP on the future of the UK: the view from Scotland http://www.ippr.org/events/kezia-dugdale-on-the-future-of-the-uk

Blog: Kezia Dugdale, 07.12.16: IPPR Speech – 7th December 2016 http://www.keziadugdale.com/2016/12/07/ippr-speech-7th-december-2016/

---