Labour’s Finance spokesperson Michael Marra and Shona Robison, of SNP.
This morning in the Scottish Parliament at the Finance Committee, Deputy First Minister Shona Robison was unable to:
- State what the college budget for 2024-25 will be
- Guarantee that the budget did not include more multi-million pound errors, like the £5m “printing error” for Clyde Gateway
- Explain why the SNP government failed to provide key policy documents to the Scottish Fiscal Commission
Scottish Labour Finance Spokesperson Michael Marra said: “The Deputy First Minister’s lacklustre appearance before Finance Committee this morning was a new low from this chaotic government and its shambolic budget.
“Despite the Government’s own budget document outlining a plan to reduce first year university places, the Deputy First Minister could not say how many places would be cut.
“The fact is that this is an SNP government mired in incompetence and economic illiteracy that is simply making it up as they go along.
“The ineptitude of this SNP Government has serious consequences for people’s lives and livelihoods. Every day this SNP-Green government reaches a new low. For the sake of our country, they need to get a grip.”
Top of page picture: West College in Clydebank from the Titan crane. Picture by Bill Heaney