For immediate use: Tuesday 19th October 2010
Attn: NEWSDESKS
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENTS
The SNP has today criticised what are clear plans by the UK Government to
cut capital investment across the UK and called for the powers to protect
Scottish capital investment.
With reports that expenditure on social housing is to be slashed by 50% in
England and Wales as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review – a move
that will have considerable impact on the Scottish Government’s capital
budget - SNP MSP for Glasgow Bob Doris said the move showed the cuts were
going too far, too fast.
“Slashing capital spending on social housing in England and Wales will
significantly cut the capital available for the Scottish Government to
invest.
“This SNP Scottish Government is working to protect the public services
Scotland values. David Cameron and Danny Alexander may not care about
social and affordable housing but the SNP knows that Scotland does.
“The SNP is ending right to buy for new tenants, has embarked on a
significant programme of social house building – by local authorities and
housing associations and we are already investigating alternative ways of
funding social housing.
“We are working within the powers we have to find alternatives but those
who recognise the importance of continued funding must also recognise that
Scotland needs full economic powers to generate growth, increase revenue,
support our construction industry and communities through housing
investment and to ensure we can continue to protect the things that matter
to people across Scotland.
"The UK Government is cutting too far and too fast and it is only the SNP,
working together with people across the country, that has an alternative
vision to a decade of dismal cuts and a better future ahead."
ENDS
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