Scottish Labour’s new leadership team Jim Murphy and Kezia Dugdale have released their New Year message to Scotland this afternoon. At the same time, the party have also announced that people will be able to join Scottish Labour for just £1 in January. Here’s the message from Murphy and Dugdale:

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