THE SNP and Scottish Labour set out their policies to improve care for the elderly today ahead of the Scottish Parliament election.

After the SNP government recently proposed a pay rise of at least 4 per cent for NHS staff, Labour said that care workers should now be given a similar offer.

Setting out his stall before the May 6 vote, Scottish leader Anas Sarwar said that care workers are currently being offered a pay rise of 20p — a situation that he branded “shameful.”