New Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has welcomed the Daily Record's endorsement of left-wing UK leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn - on the day she left his Scottish campaign chief on the backbenches.

Ms Dugdale, who was elected with the overwhelming support of Labour members on Saturday, unveiled her new front bench team in Edinburgh pledging to "put Labour values at the heart of everything that we do".

Iain Gray, who led the party between 2008 and 2011, has been given the role of opportunity spokesman, taking in schools and childcare, and Jenny Marra, who was first elected in 2011, is equality spokeswoman with responsibilities including health and welfare.

But there was no room on the front bench for Neil Findlay, Scottish chairman of the Corbyn4Labour campaign who led a left-wing challenge against Jim Murphy's short-lived leadership last year.

The Daily Record, a Labour-supporting tabloid, backed Mr Corbyn's leadership bid today, saying his "anti-austerity message inspires people and restores their faith that a better way is possible".

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Ms Dugdale, who writes a column for the paper, said: "I think it's great.

"We've got a very lively UK-wide leadership contest just now, and I have said repeatedly that I would be delighted to work with any of the four leadership candidates.

"I was struck by the Daily Record editorial because what it asks for is some hope and some vision from politicians, and that is a challenge that I will rise to.

"It's a paper that I write for, I've got a tremendous amount of support from the Daily Record.

"I'll be excited to work with any of the four UK leadership candidates in the weeks ahead."

Ms Dugdale has redefined the remit and names of all of her front bench portfolios so they are not simply shadows of the Scottish Government Cabinet but ambassadors for Labour values.

"It's a cabinet of 12 people, six men and six women, and the idea behind it is to stop just facing off Scottish Government ministers in the Parliament and to face Scotland instead by putting Labour values at the heart of everything that we do," she said.

She will reveal further key appointments tomorrow, including committee conveners and assistant posts.

Questioned about the absence of Mr Findlay from the front bench, she said: "Neil Findlay will have a job, and you will hear about it tomorrow.

"It's not in the shadow cabinet but it is a serious role.

"Not all of the other positions can be described as 'junior'."

SNP business convener Derek Mackay said: "It is abundantly clear that Labour in Scotland is suffering a dearth of vision, not only for Scotland but for its own party.

"Support for Labour in Scotland has completely collapsed as the party finds itself totally out of step with the aspirations of the people of Scotland, and it will take much more than this half-hearted reshuffle to solve the deep, deep problems the party faces.

"The SNP has repeatedly reached out to Labour to work with us to deliver socially progressive policies and to help make Scotland a better country.

"But on every single occasion our offer has been ignored and Labour have instead chosen to carp from the side lines, while teaming up with the Tories during the referendum campaign as well as on issues like welfare cuts, Trident and blocking new powers for Scotland at Westminster.

"Over the next weeks and months, this new frontbench team have the opportunity to show that Labour has learned the lessons of recent years, but to do this they must break from the endless negativity and obsessively anti-SNP agenda and instead work together for the good of everyone in Scotland."

Scottish Conservative deputy leader Jackson Carlaw likened the reshuffle to "the deckchairs being rearranged on the Titanic".

He added: "Far from reaching out, Kezia Dugdale has polarized her vision inwards relying on the most well-worn, tired and failed collection of Holyrood parliamentarians.

"It will take far more than this to inspire a Labour recovery. But the question on everybody's lips is, what does Jeremy think?"