SNP has union to thank after £1bn black hole exposed
18 Jul 2019
The SNP government is being bailed out by Westminster to the tune of more than £700 million after overseeing a slump in Scotland’s economy.
It was confirmed today that tax revenues here were almost £1 billion less than expected in 2017/18, after the SNP embarked on making Scotland...Read More »
Drugs crisis needs a cross-party, cross-government summit
17 Jul 2019
The Scottish Conservatives are calling for a cross-party summit on Scotland’s drug emergency, after figures yesterday revealed the country’s death rate is the highest in the developed world.
It is also supporting calls for the UK Government to attend the summit to ensure that both Scotland’s governments and...Read More »
Scotland’s drug deaths now 3 times the UK rate
16 Jul 2019
The Scottish drugs death rate is now three times higher than the UK average – and has more than doubled on the SNP’s watch.
Statistics released today have shown 1187 people died following drug use in 2018, a 27 per cent rise on the previous year.
It’s the highest...Read More »
The £250m cost of SNP’s botched IT projects
28 Jun 2019
The SNP’s failure to properly implement public sector IT contracts has cost the taxpayer more than £250 million in recent years, new analysis has revealed.
Botched contracts across the police, health service and other quangos has led to the public purse having to write off a total of...Read More »
Sturgeon stands by plan to let tagged criminals off the hook
27 Jun 2019
Nicola Sturgeon has defended her own government’s decision not to impose additional punishment on criminals who remove their electronic tags.
Despite pleas from victim support groups, the SNP this week rejected a Scottish Conservative plan to make tampering with a tag a specific offence resulting in stiffer punishment.
It...Read More »