Angela Constance to stand for SNP Deputy Leader
The Scottish Youth Employment Minister Angela Constance has reportedly become the third person to contest the role, and is set to make an official announcement tomorrow.
The Almond Valley MSP will join Transport Minister Keith Brown and SNP Treasury spokesman Stewart Hosie in the race for the job, which has been triggered by Alex Salmond’s decision to step down as First Minister and SNP leader.
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Ms Constance, who has been an MSP since 2007, was named as Scotland’s first dedicated youth jobs minister in 2011, amid concern about high unemployment rates among young people.
The former social worker and West Lothian councillor was promoted to the Scottish cabinet in 2011.
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