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Starmer is ‘planning to take an axe to public services’, according to SNP
John Swinney

LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer is “planning to take an axe to public services” after the election, according to the SNP.

Think tank the Institute of Fiscal Studies accused both Tories and Labour of a “conspiracy of silence” last week after it calculated that the “fiscal rules” each have committed to could result in £18 billion in cuts to public spending over the lifetime of the next parliament should they be kept.

Writing to the Labour leader, SNP leader John Swinney has now challenged Sir Keir to admit his cuts plans, adding: “Voters have a right to know where the axe would fall under the Labour Party’s plans to impose another decade of cuts.”

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