The Scottish Labour leader said he 'likes the model of mayors' and that Scotland was 'missing' them during the pandemic.
Anas Sarwar has said that he is open to having elected mayors in Scotland and that he wants to "strengthen local government".
He said he wants to give local authorities more "economic powers, powers around transport infrastructure and capital investment around economic regeneration." "I'll go back to the pandemic. I think about that really powerful moment when Andy Burnham with all the local authority leaders across Greater Manchester, stood in front of the public hall demanding a meeting around some of the covid restrictions.
"I often think about if we had that regional mayor body, whether that dynamic would have been fundamentally different in Scotland.Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a series of recommendations last year on Lords reform and devolution of power.When asked after the event what extra powers he would like local authorities to have, Sarwar said: "Economic Development has to be really crucial.
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