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Alexander ditches Labour plan to raise school leaving age to 18

Leader scraps 2007 manifesto pledge to distance party from election failure. By Paul Hutcheon, Scottish Political Editor

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WENDY Alexander has ditched her party's plan to raise the school leaving age to 18, the Sunday Herald can reveal.