Scottish Labour will end the SNP’s culture of waste

Scottish Labour will cut waste, ensure public money goes where it’s needed, and fix Scotland’s finances. Every policy and decision of a Scottish Labour government will be made on firm economic foundations to deliver the thriving, growing economy we need.

It’s time for a new direction in Scotland and an end to SNP financial chaos.
The incompetent SNP government is addicted to wasting your money.

Take the example of the new Barlinnie prison. A project first estimated to cost 100 million pounds – now on track to cost one Billion pounds.

To put that into context, the SNP is spending the same amount on the new Barlinnie prison as the cost of building the five star, luxury Atlantis hotel in Dubai – which has over 1500 bedrooms, spas, a wellness centre, restaurants, cafes, an aquarium, swimming pools, and a water park with 105 slides.

As First Minister, Anas Sarwar will respect every penny of your money.

 Scottish Labour will have a Department of Government Efficiency to stop the waste and deliver value for money for you, the taxpayer. And that value for money will extend to every part of government. 

Because right now Scots are paying more and more to serve the ever-expanding machinery of government.And they are getting less and less from public services.

 Scotland is home to no fewer than 131 quangos – there are more quangos than MSPs. £6.6bn is being spent on these bodies every year. At the same time services get worse and ministers blame everyone but themselves.

As First Minister, Anas Sarwar will end this culture of waste and respect people’s hard-earned money.