The leader of Scottish Labour has set out her plans to make her party "autonomous" from Jeremy Corbyn's Labour.
Kezia Dugdale wants Scottish Labour to make its own policy, take control of party membership, and select its own candidates for Scottish, European, and UK elections. The move would effectively make Scottish Labour a sister party to Corbyn's Labour, but the two would still share staff and funding.
The plans, initially leaked to the Sunday Times and then confirmed by Dugdale, will be discussed at the Labour parliamentary party's meeting on Monday evening, where the Scottish Labour leader will also encourage Labour groups from the other parts of the UK to push for more autonomy.
"The key goal for my leadership is to renew the Scottish Labour party, to show that we are changing," said Dugdale. "More autonomy for Scottish Labour is central to achieving that goal.
"With these reforms there will be no doubt that the main focus of Scottish Labour will be on Holyrood, where the key decisions affecting the daily lives of Scots are made. It won't be the Commons, the Lords, or the European Parliament.
"They are important, of course, but the most important focus of Scottish Labour will be on using the powers at Holyrood to transform the lives of people in Scotland."
The Sunday Times reported that there was unease within sections of the party about giving Scottish Labour more autonomous power. According to the paper, one person at the meeting where the proposals were discussed branded them "mad" and said the Electoral Commission may not allow Scottish Labour to have different policies from UK Labour.
However, a spokesman for the Electoral Commission told BuzzFeed News it would not have a problem with the proposals as they stand, saying: "If that's what a party decides to do, that's up to them.
"The commission takes no view on what parties, or sections within a party, put forward in terms of policies or how they arrive at those policies."
Dugdale will discuss the direction of what she hopes will become an autonomous Scottish Labour at the party's conference, which will begin in Perth on Friday.