The SNP has cut funding for local services by £755 million since it came to power at Holyrood, according to local Scottish Labour Candidate, Carol Mochan.
Speaking after Labour Councillors protested at Holyrood over the SNP Government’s austerity policies for local government she said
“Local councils deliver the services that families across Ayrshire rely on - whether it is care for our elderly or the education of our children, the work of our councils really matters.
But those services are under attack from cuts from the Conservatives at Westminster and a second set of cuts from the SNP at Holyrood.
The Scottish Government has the power to mitigate funding cuts to local services or even to ignore them altogether. Instead they have doubled the pain of Tory spending reductions.
To add insult to injury, the SNP obsession with centralising power for themselves in Edinburgh has taken away any power people might have had to make their own budget decisions locally.
After eight years in power and with a majority in parliament the SNP Government has cut funding for local services by £755 million, cuts that have resulted in demoralising and undignified 15 minute care visits, less help for children with additional needs and the outsourcing of public facilities.
It’s time the people of Ayrshire woke up to what the SNP Government’s record on local government is - austerity for our public services.”
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Speaking after Labour Councillors protested at Holyrood over the SNP Government’s austerity policies for local government she said
“Local councils deliver the services that families across Ayrshire rely on - whether it is care for our elderly or the education of our children, the work of our councils really matters.
But those services are under attack from cuts from the Conservatives at Westminster and a second set of cuts from the SNP at Holyrood.
The Scottish Government has the power to mitigate funding cuts to local services or even to ignore them altogether. Instead they have doubled the pain of Tory spending reductions.
To add insult to injury, the SNP obsession with centralising power for themselves in Edinburgh has taken away any power people might have had to make their own budget decisions locally.
After eight years in power and with a majority in parliament the SNP Government has cut funding for local services by £755 million, cuts that have resulted in demoralising and undignified 15 minute care visits, less help for children with additional needs and the outsourcing of public facilities.
It’s time the people of Ayrshire woke up to what the SNP Government’s record on local government is - austerity for our public services.”
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