Nicola Sturgeon said equal pay will be delivered for women council workers in Glasgow.

Speaking at the SNP annual conference in the city, she said equal pay had been denied women for too long and said the SNP would fix it.

The City Council is currently seeking leave to appeal a court ruling that it had to settle the equal pay claims that are expected to run into hundreds of millions of pounds.

Council leader, Susan Aitken, has said it does not mean the council will appeal and said she is committed to reaching agreement to settle the claims.

Ms Sturgeon has now given a commitment that equal pay will be delivered.

She said: "For years, under Labour, women were denied the equal pay they are entitled to.

"It may take us a bit of time to fix Labour’s mess, but I make this promise today. Fix it we will.

"The injustice suffered by low paid women in this city will be put right.

"Equal pay for equal work, denied for too long, will be delivered by the SNP."

She criticised the previous Labour administration over the delays on equal pay and on the long runnning janitors' strike.

She said: "For decades, Glasgow has been run by Labour.

"In May, that came to an end.

"The cronies and time-servers are out. Fresh ideas, Susan Aitken and the SNP are in.

"The difference is already clear. Under Labour, a bitter school janitor dispute rumbled on for months. Within weeks, it was resolved by the SNP."