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Richard Leonard is to promise to "reshape and recharge" Scottish Labour in the same way Jeremy Corbyn has done for the party in Westminster.

Speaking at a joint event in Glasgow on Monday, Mr Leonard will announce plans to bring "real change" to the country.

The UK Labour leader is to give his backing to his "bold and radical agenda", saying it will bring "hope and confidence" to Scotland.

Mr Leonard is expected to say: "I was elected Scottish Labour leader promising real change and it is real change that together we will deliver.

"Real change, for the many not the few, is the beating heart of our party.

"It has been our mission and our inspiration ever since Keir Hardie stood as the first Labour candidate in Mid Lanarkshire in 1888.

"But a powerful mission can and must always be reshaped and recharged.

"That's what Jeremy Corbyn has done so successfully as leader of the party in Westminster.

"His principles, policies and integrity, along with the energy and passion of hundreds of thousands of new members, has breathed new life into our party.

"I pledge to do the same here in Scotland."

Mr Leonard, who met with Mr Corbyn for the first time since his election on Sunday, will set out three goals for his leadership to be measured by.

These are to win for Labour in Holyrood and become first minister, "give the Scottish people confidence" that "they can make real change" and to lead a surge in Scotland which helps the party win the next elections in Westminster.

Mr Corbyn is expected to say: "I know that under Richard's leadership Scottish Labour will once again bring hope and confidence to the people of Scotland.

"During this leadership election, Richard laid out a bold and radical agenda for Scottish Labour and showed his determination to bring real change to Scotland.

"I look forward to working as closely as possible with Richard to change our society for the many not the few.

"Now our whole party and movement must campaign together to inspire people in every nation and region of the UK to have the confidence to be a country that genuinely cares for all."

Over the coming months, Scottish Labour is to set up 12 policy reviews and a commission on tax, ahead of the party's conference in Dundee in March.

Mr Leonard claims this will address issues such as funding and powers for local government, the housing crisis, child health, climate change, developing green energy and extending public ownership.

SNP MSP Clare Haughey said: "We all know that Richard Leonard sees himself as Scottish Labour's answer to Jeremy Corbyn, which will no doubt mean they'll be as wedded to the idea of a damaging extreme Brexit as Ruth Davidson's Tories.

"But Richard Leonard should be more concerned with getting the backing of his own MSP group and party membership than that of Jeremy Corbyn after such an acrimonious and divisive leadership campaign before even more of his colleagues decide they'd rather be in the jungle than on the Labour benches."