MP Nash backs Chancellor's big spending plans

Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke MP Pamela Nash has welcomed the UK Labour Government’s Spending Review as ‘transformational for the country’

- ROSS THOMSON

Overall, the settlement for the Scottish Government is the largest in real terms since devolution began.

With £1.4 billion already confirmed by the Chancellor in last year’s Autumn Budget, the UK Labour Government is now investing almost £1.7 billion in growth schemes across Scotland over the next decade.

Pamela says the buck now stops with the SNP Scottish Government - and called on Motherwell and Wishaw MSP Clare Adamson to explain to their constituents why they have yet to see any tangible improvements in their communities.

She said: “While Labour has been building new homes in England, Scotland's housing crisis continues under the SNP.

“A year after declaring a housing emergency, 10,000 children are shamefully still living in temporary accommodation.

“Labour has been investing in regional transport across England, yet rail fares in Scotland continue to rise with three increases since March 2024, and 1,400 bus routes cut since the SNP came to power.