Rennie responds to Robison BBC interview

15 Aug 2024
Willie Rennie MSP

Responding to Finance Secretary Shona Robison’s comments on BBC Radio Scotland, where she said that the Scottish Government would “have to take some very difficult decisions” about public finances, and warned of recruitment freezes and voluntary redundancies in the public sector, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP said:

“Shona Robison has clearly taken some lessons on financial mismanagement from Liz Truss.

“No matter how much they try to spin it, SNP ministers are taking these decisions because they have had a habit of making costly blunders for almost two decades.

“From blowing the budget on the ferries to selling Scotland’s prize seabed on the cheap, all the SNP can do now is let everyone else clean up after them.

“People need a government that will invest in them, which is why Scottish Liberal Democrats want to get our economy growing so that we can lift up our public services and allow communities across the country to thrive."

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