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Scotland set for more insecure work under Tories
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard

SCOTS will continue to endure “low-paid, insecure work” thanks to Philip Hammond’s Spring Statement, Richard Leonard said yesterday.

The Scottish Labour leader attacked the Chancellor for sticking to his dogma of “tax cuts for big business and the rich, and public spending cuts for the rest of us.”

He said: “It’s time the economy started working for people, rather than people working for the economy.

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