LABOUR’S nuclear policy was slammed as “dangerous and immoral” by the Scottish Greens on the 81st Hiroshima Day today.

PM Andy Burnham’s government has said that its commitment to weapons of mass destruction is “absolute” — strengthening the case for an independent, nuclear-free Scotland, the party’s co-leader Gillian Mackay said.

Ministers have also set out plans to spend £63.6bn over the next four years for the government’s Defence Nuclear Enterprise, £47bn of which will go on nuclear submarines.

Ms Mackay MSP said: “We are 81 years on and the new Prime Minister is doubling down on his dangerous and immoral policy, committing tens of billions of tax-payer’s money on submarines and nuclear warheads designed to inflict mass destruction.

“Housing weapons on the Clyde, capable of annihilating millions of people, do not keep Scotland safe — they make our communities a nuclear target while they pay the price through cuts, poverty and crumbling public services. 

“No government that genuinely believes in peace, human rights and international law should threaten the mass slaughter of civilians, putting our own communities at risk whilst lining the pockets of arms traders.”

She slammed Westminster for always finding money for “nuclear weapons, but never enough to eradicate child poverty, repair our public services or ensure that everyone has a warm and secure home.”

Its nuclear obsession “does not have to be Scotland’s,” she said, adding: “Scotland deserves a future where our resources support our people and communities, not the profits of multinational arms companies. 

“An independent Scotland can sign the anti-nuclear treaty and be a country where the lessons of Hiroshima are reflected with a firm and steadfast commitment to peace and nuclear disarmament.”