Labour will learn the lessons of the past and claim its place as the “progressive voice for Scotland”, Jeremy Corbyn has promised.
Mr Corbyn said his party had lost its way north of the border and he backed calls from Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale for Scots to look again at the party as it seeks to rebuild from a series of election drubbings.
Mr Corbyn told the Brighton conference: “We need to renew our party in Scotland. I want to pay tribute today to our leader in Scotland, Kezia Dugdale, and her team of MSPs in the Scottish Parliament.
“I know that people in Scotland have been disappointed by the Labour Party. I know you feel we lost our way.
“I agree with you.
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“Kezia has asked people to take another look at the Labour Party. And that’s what I want people across Scotland to do.”
Mr Corbyn echoed the promise of Ms Dugdale earlier in the conference to do more than listen to critics of the party but to actually make changes.
Ms Dugdale is to overhaul her front bench team and run a campaign focused on education ahead of the Holyrood elections in May.
Mr Corbyn said: “We will learn the lessons of the past and we will make Labour the great fighting force you expect us to be.
“We need to be investing in skills, investing in our young people and not cutting student numbers giving people real hope, real opportunity.
“Conference, we are the progressive voice for Scotland.”