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Scottish Labour slams SNP housing record
Tenement flats along Comely Bank in Edinburgh

THE SNP Scottish government’s response to the housing emergency is marked by “delusion” that shows it is “completely out of touch,” according to Scottish Labour today.

Scottish Labour led a debate in Holyrood in the wake of latest statistic showing a record 10,110 children and 33,619 households languishing in temporary accommodation last year.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar told MSPs: “Yesterday Paul McLennan [housing minister] claimed the SNP government was ‘pulling out all the stops’ on this issue.

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