Title: MP Jim Murphy named Scottish Labour leader - BBC News
Headings: MP Jim Murphy named Scottish Labour leader
MP Jim Murphy named Scottish Labour leader
Scottish Labour leadership
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ANALYSIS
By Andrew Black, BBC Scotland political reporter
ANALYSIS
By James Cook, Scotland Correspondent, BBC News
I am going to be standing shoulder to shoulder with Jim in the campaign to get David Cameron out at the general election
How might Jim Murphy become Scotland's First Minister?
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Content: "While I'm proud that so many children from prosperous backgrounds do brilliantly at school, it makes me angry that it's three times harder to get good school results if you're from a poorer family than a prosperous family." IN FULL- Leadership result
ANALYSIS
By Andrew Black, BBC Scotland political reporter
As expected, Jim Murphy has become Scottish Labour's new leader. The East Renfrewshire MP was always seen as the frontrunner in this contest, and he's regarded by key figures in the party as the best - and perhaps only - hope of making Scottish Labour winners once again. And although the former Scottish secretary is traditionally seen as being on the political right of the Labour Party, he is taking the fight to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's door, matching her central aim to fight poverty and inequality. But Mr Murphy says that, unlike the SNP, he'll fund his social justice agenda by making the better off pay more income tax, through more financial powers due to come to Scotland. At the same time, he also sought to woo supporters of Scottish independence - some of them Labour - into backing his vision. Taking aim at the likes of the Conservatives, who shared a platform with Labour in the Better Together campaign to keep the Union, he said those who voted "Yes" in September's referendum share far more in common with Labour than some of the political leaders who campaigned for the eventual "No" outcome. Mr Murphy's first big test is the 2015 UK election and the aim of the SNP - still riding high in Scotland - to significantly increase the number of Westminster seats they hold. The challenges have been laid out by Scottish Labour's former chief spinner Paul Sinclair, who argues that Ed Miliband is unpopular in Scotland, added to which, voters may feel they can vote SNP in the knowledge they could well get a Labour UK government. And aside from policies, manifestoes and elections, there are other issues.