THE Tories have been accused of “pre-election bribery” and “insulting” Scottish voters after another devolution funding snub.
have been accused of “pre-election bribery” and “insulting” Scottish voters after another devolution funding snub.
Elgin is in Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross’s constituency of Moray, while Dumfries and Galloway is represented atAnum Qaisar MP , the SNP’s levelling up spokesperson, said: “After over a decade of being overlooked by the Westminster Conservative establishment, this promise of additional funding comes too little too late for many Scottish households.
Writing on X/Twitter, SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North Gavin Newlands said the announcement was an “act of pre-election bribery”.“Local authorities, devolved Governments or MPs were neither consulted with nor informed about.“In a bizarre coincidence, Tory seats just happen to be hugely overrepresented…”
“It is extremely disappointing that we have not been consulted on how the investment could be prioritised to complement our ongoing work, and we are unclear on how the priority locations have been identified. “This is 55 local authorities across the United Kingdom are getting an additional £1.1 billion pounds cash injection from the UK Government and that's going directly to local authorities here in Scotland because they know best how to spend the money in their local area.
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