SCOTTISH Labour slammed the SNP government today for “sitting on its hands” as the housing crisis deepens, a year on since declaring a national emergency.

Despite a string of councils declaring housing emergencies, then first minister Humza Yousaf defeated Labour's calls for a national declaration in November 2023.

Just months later, however, after he left office amid the collapse of the SNP-Green coalition, his successor John Swinney, facing an embarrassing Holyrood defeat, declared a national housing emergency in May 2024.