Commenting following FMQs, Scottish Labour leader
said: “On Tuesday we
saw the consequences of SNP incompetence, waste, and a failure to
grow our economy.
“Affordable housing funding cut by £200M in the middle of a
homelessness crisis.
“Mental health services cut in real terms, in the middle of a
mental health crisis.
“And the fuel insecurity fund scrapped altogether in the middle
of a cost-of-living crisis.
“This is the most devastating budget in the history of
devolution.
“The progressive tax rise he talks about is going to raise £82
million. That would buy you a fifth of an SNP ferry that hasn’t
even sailed yet.
“He is not a serious politician.
“This First Minister is so out of touch he thinks if you earn
£29,000 you should pay more tax in Scotland than in the rest of
the UK.
“These are not the people with the broadest shoulders, but they
are being forced to pay the price for his failures in the middle
of a cost-of-living crisis.
“2023 will be remembered as the year when the SNP was found out.
“They have broken the NHS.
“They have broken the justice system.
“They have broken the housing system.
“They have broken the public finances.
“They have broken the public’s trust and they seem to have broken
their party in the process.
“2023 was a bad year for the SNP – 2024 will be no better.”
