THE UK Government will “take a hammer to public services”, the SNP's Westminster leader is expected to say on Saturday.
Stephen Flynn will address delegates at his party’s conference in Edinburgh, his first major speech to members since losing dozens of MPs in last month’s election.
The Aberdeen South MP is expected to use the speech to criticise the new Government over the economy.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the Budget in October will be “painful”, while Chancellor Rachel Reeves claimed the previous Tory government hid a more than £20 billion black hole in public finances.
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“You will all know that one of the oldest saying in politics is that you campaign in poetry and govern in prose,” he is expected to tell delegates.
“Labour has gone one step further – campaign in poetry and govern painfully.
“From the poetic promise of change to things can only get worse.
“Taking a hammer to public services seems apt for a toolmaker’s son.”
Flynn will also issue a call to his own party, telling members they “must offer hope in the face of Labour Party austerity cuts and misery”.
“Our argument, our belief and our offer to the Scottish people is that Brexit Britain is not as good as it gets,” he will add.
“We believe that decisions made in Scotland, for Scotland can deliver a better future for all.
“That becoming a normal independent country in Europe can meet our people’s needs and their aspirations.
“That it can deliver the basic belief that the next generation can and should aspire to a higher standard of living and a better quality of life than that which has gone before.
“Those are simple things, but they are the most important of all.”
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