Scottish Government must prioritise measures that help the economy

Unemployment figures from the Office for National Statistics have shown that unemployment in Scotland rose by 5,000 over the past quarter, putting the total number of jobless in Scotland at 215,000.

Scottish Conservative Finance Spokesman, Gavin Brown MSP said:

"These are disappointing figures and the Scottish Government should be focusing on the substantial powers that they have. Their budget needs to be altered to focus more on economic and business issues and ensure that cuts to areas like innovation and enterprise are re-visited.

"It is plain to see that we must create more jobs in the private sector and Scottish Conservative ideas such as the Business Start-Up Fund would achieve this through supporting the access individuals have to enterprise education and providing loans to assist in the creation of new businesses. The SNP also need to scrap Scottish tax rises and ensure that we get the economy moving again so we can see a reduction in these unemployment figures.

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