Anas Sarwar’s Budget Response

The SNP’s 19th budget will only deliver “more of the same”, Anas Sarwar has warned.

The Scottish Labour leader accused John Swinney of “taking the public for fools” by pretending his upcoming budget will deliver anything other than continuity.

Scottish Labour warned against another five years of John Swinney and said that only a change in government in May can deliver the new direction Scotland needs.

Commenting, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said “John Swinney and the SNP have been writing budgets for nearly two decades and they have left services across Scotland at breaking point.

“Our NHS is on life support, violence is rife in our schools, our justice system is dangerously overstretched and local Councils can’t afford to get the basics right.

“The SNP has squandered billions of pounds of public money through incompetence and mistakes.

“John Swinney is taking the public for fools by pretending this SNP government’s 19th budget will deliver anything other than more of the same.

“Another budget by John Swinney and the SNP won’t deliver a new direction for Scotland – but a Scottish Labour government will.

“John Swinney and the SNP cannot be trusted with a third decade in power and another five budgets to damage Scotland’s services.

“In four months we have a chance to put an end to SNP mismanagement and waste and build a brighter future for Scotland by electing a Scottish Labour government.”