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SNP celebrate as Tories push Labour to third in Scotland polls

Nicola Sturgeon declared the SNP has "made history" by winning a third term in government at Holyrood but the party failed to reach a majority.

The Scottish Conservatives had their best ever result, securing 31 MSPs, while Labour suffered its worst result since devolution with 24 MSPs.

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'Labour has serious re-building to do in Scotland'

Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham Credit: Pool

Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham has said that Labour has "serious re-building" to do following the party's slide behind the Tories in the Scottish Parliament elections.

Labour has lost support in Scotland.

The job of rebuilding Scotland ... will have to be hard won over the years, rebuilding that bond of trust that we had with the Scottish electorate, obviously that has been broken and there's longterm job of work to be done to rebuild that.

– Andy Burnham

Nicola Sturgeon declared the SNP has "made history" by winning a third term in government at Holyrood - but the party failed to reach a majority.

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