Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander has laid out her vision to regain power from Labour at the next Holyrood election.
Here are the main points from her proposals, published in a major new policy document:
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Scottish Labour has no divine right to be elected and must work hard to win back support.
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Find a clear way to meet people's hopes and aspirations, without being deflected by false voices of opposition.
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Reach out to win backing from those who have never supported Labour.
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Scottish Labour still stands for the progressive values of justice, equality and community.
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Policies must be constantly renewed to stay in touch with changes in society.
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More personalised services from the NHS.
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Maintain pressure to ensure pupils are taught in modern buildings, but look beyond a bricks and mortar programme.
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Seek ways to guarantee all children leave primary school fully equipped for a secondary education.
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Move away from the fixation on school class sizes and look at quality teaching.
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More progress to help university entrants who genuinely cannot afford
higher education.
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Engage seriously with the constitutional challenge thrown down by the SNP.
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Constitutional commission should consider both more powers for Holyrood and handing some back to Westminster.
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Consider devolving powers in areas such as welfare, work, transport and some aspects of VAT, while handing back powers, possibly in counter terrorism
and contingency planning.
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It is wrong to present the Union as one in which Scotland has only benefited and not given.
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