> Anas Sarwar has been warned his election pledge of “no austerity under Labour” has come back to bite him amid reports the UK Chancellor will announce a £20 billion black hole.
> On Monday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to unveil a public finances shortfall which the SNP has warned could lead to cuts or tax increases.
> The Scottish Labour leader is now facing criticism after he used a General Election leaders’ debate to state: “Read my lips – no austerity under Labour”.
> The comment came after SNP leader John Swinney said during the same debate Labour’s plans would lead to £18 billion of cuts.
> Ahead of the Chancellor’s speech on Monday, SNP MP Dave Doogan said cuts and tax rises were “repeatedly dismissed” by the Scottish Labour leader.
> **In a letter to Mr Sarwar, he said: “That comment has rapidly come back to bite you. The new Labour Chancellor has blown your election promises apart – so what are your lips saying now?”**
> He added: “People will rightly be concerned that Labour lips were prepared to promise the public one thing to win votes during the General Election but are now saying the exact opposite within weeks of taking power.
> “Alarm bells are now ringing that the Labour Government plan to continue Tory cuts and public services will be starved of the cash they need – just as we have seen with the failure to scrap the two-child benefit cap this week.
> “I hope we can agree that Scotland’s public services cannot afford another five years of Westminster cuts.”
> Mr Doogan also urged Mr Sarwar to “direct you own MPs to serve Scotland’s interests and join with the SNP to vigorously oppose fresh Westminster austerity, even if that austerity is now being prepared by your own Labour Chancellor”.
Great. Thanks for sharing.
Can’t wait for your next one.
They lost 80% of their seats at WM, who really gives a fuck what the snp have to say? Not the scottish electorate, thats for sure.
I like how Labour pretend that they weren’t part of finance committees and would have had a *very* good idea of the financial position beforehand.
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> Anas Sarwar has been warned his election pledge of “no austerity under Labour” has come back to bite him amid reports the UK Chancellor will announce a £20 billion black hole.
> On Monday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to unveil a public finances shortfall which the SNP has warned could lead to cuts or tax increases.
> The Scottish Labour leader is now facing criticism after he used a General Election leaders’ debate to state: “Read my lips – no austerity under Labour”.
> The comment came after SNP leader John Swinney said during the same debate Labour’s plans would lead to £18 billion of cuts.
> Ahead of the Chancellor’s speech on Monday, SNP MP Dave Doogan said cuts and tax rises were “repeatedly dismissed” by the Scottish Labour leader.
> **In a letter to Mr Sarwar, he said: “That comment has rapidly come back to bite you. The new Labour Chancellor has blown your election promises apart – so what are your lips saying now?”**
> He added: “People will rightly be concerned that Labour lips were prepared to promise the public one thing to win votes during the General Election but are now saying the exact opposite within weeks of taking power.
> “Alarm bells are now ringing that the Labour Government plan to continue Tory cuts and public services will be starved of the cash they need – just as we have seen with the failure to scrap the two-child benefit cap this week.
> “I hope we can agree that Scotland’s public services cannot afford another five years of Westminster cuts.”
> Mr Doogan also urged Mr Sarwar to “direct you own MPs to serve Scotland’s interests and join with the SNP to vigorously oppose fresh Westminster austerity, even if that austerity is now being prepared by your own Labour Chancellor”.
Great. Thanks for sharing.
Can’t wait for your next one.
They lost 80% of their seats at WM, who really gives a fuck what the snp have to say? Not the scottish electorate, thats for sure.
I like how Labour pretend that they weren’t part of finance committees and would have had a *very* good idea of the financial position beforehand.