All pain and no gain from Labour’s Spring Statement
The Chancellor has confirmed that Labour is on the side of the super rich, the arms dealers and the corporations who are raking in obscene profits, says Scottish Green Co-Leader Lorna Slater.
Ms Slater’s comments follow the Labour Party’s Spring Statement, which saw £5 billion worth of social security cuts.
Ms Slater said:
“Labour has made clear whose side it is on, and that is the super rich, the arms dealers and the corporations who are raking in obscene profits.
“They have chosen super-charged austerity and cuts for millions of people while their millionaire friends enjoy business as usual. This isn’t what Scotland waited 14 years for.
“Labour promised change but what they have delivered is all pain and no gain, with obscene cuts to social security and international aid.
Ms Slater added:
“Labour has totally ignored the climate emergency. This should have been the start of a major green investment programme, but instead they left a giant climate-shaped hole.
“Scotland deserves so much better than this. In everything they say and do, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are underlining how essential it is that the people of Scotland get to decide our own future.”