{"id":"a410c554-2ba4-473b-8866-3eeb5f235b65","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/22/scottish-labours-rivals-decry-chancer-anas-sarwar-for-resigning-to-join-andy-burnhams-government","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"name":"The Guardian","country":"GB","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"Scottish Labour’s rivals decry ‘chancer’ Anas Sarwar for resigning to join Andy Burnham’s government","plainHeadline":"Scottish Labour’s rivals criticized Anas Sarwar after he resigned to join Andy Burnham’s government","rewrite":{"model":"gpt-5.4-nano","at":"2026-07-23T11:06:21.245Z"},"summary":["Scottish Labour rivals in Holyrood slammed Anas Sarwar’s resignation as leader to join Andy Burnham’s government.","Sarwar will be made a peer and given a ministerial post at the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.","Gillian Mackay called Sarwar a “chancer” after he promised to scrap the House of Lords.","SNP MSP George Adam accused Labour and Sarwar of repeatedly denying and lying about his intentions to voters.","Labour figures were “surprised” because the move happened less than three months after his election campaign."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-07-22T16:18:28.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-07-22T17:02:42.604Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/9d3c1a71-26a7-4d60-99e1-4ba484fada7a"}