Jackie Baillie MSP joins Sir Keir Starmer on campaign trail

Jackie Baillie, who has served as the party's MSP for the Helensburgh and Lomond area since the Scottish Parliament was established 25 years ago, was one of top voices speaking across the river at the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock.

She was joined by figures including UK deputy leader Angela Rayner, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, former UK leader Ed Miliband and Scotland's only Labour MP for the past five years, Ian Murray.

As the party seeks to add to its Scottish representation in Westminster, Labour set out pledges for Scotland including plans to deliver economic stability, cut NHS waiting times, introduce a New Deal for Working People, create opportunities for young people and maximise Scotland’s influence using the UK’s global trade network.

Jackie Baillie MSP greets Angela Rayner as she introduces her at the campaign stop (Image: George Munro)

Ahead of the UK general election on July 4, Ms Baillie, the party's shadow cabinet secretary for Health at the Scottish Parliament, focused on the NHS.

She told the crowd: "After 14 years of the Tories and 17 years of the SNP, our NHS is fighting for its life. We can all see it, because almost one in six Scots are stuck on an NHS waiting list.

"Incredible NHS staff who work so hard to care for us are exhausted and demoralised.

"Lives are being putting at risk every single day because services simply can't cope. Our NHS needs change and NHS is ready to deliver it."

She said various measures would deliver £134 million a year to Scotland and called for the SNP to spend "every single penny" on the NHS.

Sir Keir Starmer (Image: George Munro)

Another of Labour's promises to Scots concerns its proposals for publicly-owned clean energy company, Great British Energy, which would be headquartered in Scotland.

GB Energy is part of the party’s mission to make the UK a ‘clean energy superpower’ by 2030.

It is yet to be confirmed where in Scotland GB Energy would be based, but Sir Keir said he hoped the commitment can act as a 'down payment' on how his party plans to "work together with Scotland".

Sir Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar (Image: George Munro)

Sir Keir said: “The Tories won’t change in Westminster. The SNP won’t change here.

“It’ll be more chaos, more division, more sleaze, more scandal.

“We have to stop the chaos, we have to draw a line - but here’s the good news: you don’t have to put up with it anymore, you can choose change.

“But don’t take anything for granted.

"If you want change, you have to choose change, vote for change, and make sure that we boot the Tories out and end the chaos.”