Scot Lib Dems comment as FM and Chancellor meet

28 Aug 2024
Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Responding to today’s meeting between First Minister John Swinney and Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“It doesn’t take a degree in economics to work out that if you go four times over budget building ferries, sell off Scotland’s prize seabed on the cheap and hand £50m to an engineering firm that goes bust, there will be less money to go round for public services.

“The nationalists have got themselves in a mess because their focus has always been on breaking up the UK, not delivering public services.

“There’s an urgent need to get the economy growing, bring down NHS waiting lists and lift up Scottish education. I hope that the Chancellor and the First Minister discussed ways they could work together to make that a reality.”

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