By Nicola, Rowan & Lauren

Johann Lamont was elected leader of the Scottish Labour Party in December She was born in Glasgow and became involved in politics when she was a student at Glasgow University. She joined the Labour party as a teenager. She became the first ever MSP for Glasgow Pollok in 1999 and was successfully re-elected in 2003, 2007 and 2011.

New jobs and specialised training for up to 1000 teachers is going to be introduced to increase standards in English and maths across Scotland No tuition fees for Scottish students

Introduce a new right to see a cancer specialist and get results within two weeks by 2015, halving the current waiting time Deliver free swimming lessons for Scotland’s primary school children through a new Commonwealth Swimming Fund

They’ll do all they can to develop Dundee as a hub for high quality design to bring people to the country. They are going to use festivals like t in the park to bring tourism to the country.

They want to promote the widest possible access to the arts by working to protect free admissions to galleries and museums. They would also like to ensure that music is central to the schools curriculum.

Recognise the needs of local people in allocations as part of their house building programme. Freeze council tax for the next two years.

They will protect frontline police jobs and police numbers, with a community policing team in your area. New compulsory minimum jail sentences for those carrying knives in Scotland.

Maintain funding levels for the Climate Challenge Fund. Prioritise the creation of green jobs, aiming for up to 60,000 by 2015.

Create a new Commission for Rural Scotland to report on protecting rural communities Ensure that Scotland’s forests remain in public ownership

Help first time buyers to get onto the property ladder with a new First Foot scheme that will reduce the size of deposits on new properties Recognise the needs of local people in allocations as part of our house building programme