Sarwar says his government would 'build buses and ferries in Scotland'

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said a government he leads will ensure buses and ferries are built in Scotland.

The Glasgow MSP said the government must come up with a “coherent” industrial strategy that will allow Scottish manufacturing firms to thrive, in the wake of issues at bus firm Alexander Dennis and publicly-owned shipyard Ferguson Marine.

This week it announced a £4m furlough scheme for the bus company in the hopes of keeping operations open in Scotland, while unions, local politicians and civic leaders have urged ministers to directly award a key ferry contract to the Port Glasgow shipyard.

The GMB union has co-ordinated an open letter urging the First Minister to hand the deal to Ferguson – which was rescued from administration in 2019 and has since been mired in cont