General election LIVE as Rishi Sunak arrives in Scotland with Tories trailing in polls

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We're set for another busy day in the general election campaign here in Scotland with less than two weeks to go until polling day.Rishi Sunak will arrive in Edinburgh on Monday morning to launch the Scottish Conservatives manifesto, with his party trailing badly in the polls.The embattled PM will appear alongside Douglas Ross, who has already announced he will stand down as Scottish Conservatives leader after the election on July 4.Meanwhile, Labour is continuing its campaign push in Scotland with Rachel Reeves, the Shadow Chancellor, visiting East Renfrewshire.And in Aberdeen, John Swinney is expected to use a speech to say that Brexit highlights “the reality of this unequal union” – and will ask people to vote SNP for Scotland’s future to be in the European Union. Scroll down for all the latest news and reaction from the campaign trail throughout the day. The next UK government “must empower Scotland” with the devolution of all tax and employment powers and significantly enhanced borrowing powers, the Scottish Greens have demanded.The party’s manifesto calls for the full devolution of taxation and employment powers to Scotland, including powers over corporation tax, inheritance tax, environmental taxes, minimum wage and alcohol and tobacco levies.The Scottish Greens back independence and have called for the devolution of powers to call referendums so politicians sitting in Holyrood can decide whether another vote should be held on whether or not Scotland should be an independent country.The party acknowledges some additional powers have been passed to Scotland over the last decade but insists it still only manages around 40% of its taxes and around 60% of public spending.Scotland’s voice “simply doesn’t matter to