A SCOTTISH Labour MP reportedly complained to party bosses about an MSP who tried to convince the party to back an SNP bid to scrap the two-child benefit cap.
The Courier has reported that Alex Rowley, the Labour MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, contacted his new Westminster colleagues ahead of the vote in July last asking them to vote against the cap.
That call fell on deaf ears in the end, with Labour voting to keep it – with just seven Labour MPs backing the SNP amendment – and none from Scotland.
Now, the newspaper has reported that Graeme Downie complained to party whips over Rowley’s lobbying efforts.
It comes amid a rumoured split between Scottish Labour’s MPs and MSPs as polls have indicated that support for the party is plummeting.
A poll from Norstat last week – commissioned for the Sunday Times – shows that just 18% of voters intend to back the party at the next Holyrood election in 2026.
The poll revealed that Anas Sarwar’s party would be tied with the Scottish Conservative with only 18 MSPs each – a drop of four seats and 13 seats respectively.
The SNP are set to secure 55 MSPs according to the poll, with the Scottish Greens winning 10 seats – leading to a pro-independence majority in Holyrood.
Scottish Labour leader, meanwhile, took a defiant stance when confronted about his dismal polling numbers, saying that he believed pollsters would have “egg on their face” come next May.
