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STUC turns to Holyrood after ‘impressive’ first Labour budget
But general secretary Roz Foyer says decision to keep two-child cap and winter fuel payment are ‘especially disappointing’
Roz Foyer General Secretary of STUC ahead of Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaking at the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) at Caird Hall in Dundee, April 15, 2024
LABOUR’S boost to Scottish budgets is an impressive start despite disappointing social security plans, the Scottish TUC said today as eyes turn to Holyrood.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves, in her autumn Budget, announced that the Scottish government would receive a funding boost of £1.5 billion this year and £3.4bn in the next as part of the “largest real-terms settlement since devolution.”
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar welcomed the plans as “transformative,” adding: “Decisions taken today by this Labour government mean that the Scottish government is receiving more per person in Scotland than in the rest of the UK.
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