LABOUR leadership has distanced itself from calls from one of the party’s peers for the UK Government to step in and prevent the Scottish…
leader Keir Starmer was asked for his position on Foulkes’s calls and if he thought the Westminster government should block Scottish Government spending or use of the civil service on independence.But Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour group leader , said that it was not the UK Government’s role to “impose” restrictions on Scottish Government spending.
“Now, that has to be a change programme. Nobody wants to argue for the status quo. That’s why we commissioned Gordon Brown to look at what the change options would be and we worked together the whole time on what that change would look like.READ MORE: “They’re completely out of touch and they’re hemorrhaging support across the country. That’s a much bigger concern I think for Humza Yousaf than a UK Government deciding how he sets his budget.”
The peer said: “I have now read Keir Starmer’s answer fully and agree with every word of it. Indeed I have been in regular touch with both Gordon Brown and Keir Starmer on our plans for reform of the governance of the UK, including replacing the House of Lords with a senate of the nations and regions.
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