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Tories' economic mismanagement leaves people in Scotland £1,633 worse off

THE Tory government’s economic mismanagement has left people in Scotland more than £1,500 a year worse off, a new analysis by Labour has revealed.

Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds is expected to unveil the party’s new analysis today ahead of a visit to Rutherglen with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.

The party’s analysis of official figures from the earliest data available in 1998 found that Scotland’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by just 12.7 per cent between 2010-22 — when the Conservatives came to power in Westminster.

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