Cole-Hamilton comments on Audit Scotland report

Responding to the embargoed report by Audit Scotland that the Scottish Government’s reliance on ‘short-term decisions’ will mean ‘public services will come under further threat,’ and notes the government’s ‘lack of transparency with the Scottish Parliament or the public about the medium-term risks it is facing’, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“When it comes to the SNP’s approach to the public purse, short-term is the watchword.

“Ministers don’t have any plan for public services. Instead, they have undermined them by making one expensive blunder after another, from the ferries scandal to selling off the seabed on the cheap.  

“This report emphasises we need a step change to how public money is spent. That starts with a government that can get the basics right- that can invest in our public services and grow our economy for generations to come.”