My thanks go out to the people of Edinburgh North & Leith who supported the People's Party and a big thanks to all the Labour Party members and citizens who volunteered in our campaign.

With less 24 hours until polls open, Labour campaigners around the country are out on the doorsteps speaking to voters and setting out our plans to transform Britain for the many not the few. 

  Friends,Let me first of all reflect on this week’s tragic and horrific events in Manchester. None of us here can understand why any human being would walk into a concert of young people and children and act in the grotesque and depraved way that that this person did. It was a horrific act of inexplicable violence against innocent people who were intent only on enjoying a concert and spending time with friends and family. But we cannot allow such acts of terror and hate to divide us.

CAMPAIGNING TODAY HAS BEEN SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF THE MANCHESTER ATTACK              

  This General Election is a defining moment in our country’s history.

    "The most important issue is poverty. We have 42,100 people in work in poverty in this city. We have pensioner poverty, we have fuel poverty, we have nurses using food banks and 21% of all children in this city are growing up in poverty".     

  Britain is the fifth richest country in the world. But that means little when many people don’t share in that wealth. Many feel the system is rigged against them. And this manifesto sets out exactly what can be done about it.

“The beaten are not always defeated” There's no positive spin to put on the council election results, locally and nationally. And the usual period of reflection is denied us as we ready ourselves for the General Election. We want to thank all our candidates and our party members for all the work they put in – an important part of our local democracy. Congratulations to Cammy Day on being elected Labour Group leader and to Gordon Munro and Marion Donaldson – all three of you will continue to serve our community well. Commiserations to Heather Pugh, James Dalgleish and Nick Gardner - other opportunities will present themselves.