Show us the money: SNP must publish fully costed spending plans - Uncosted policies are relying on imaginary efficiency savings

The SNP must tell us where they are finding the money for their key manifesto pledges, rather than relying on imaginary efficiency savings.

Derek Brownlee, Scottish Conservative Finance Spokesperson, said:

"Scottish Conservative votes delivered a 4 year Council Tax freeze because we wanted to help families through these tough times. That is also why our fully costed spending plans for the next four years include a commitment to continue the freeze until at least 2013.

"Our fully costed spending plans do not rely on imaginary efficiency savings, yet the SNP's uncosted plans do. The SNP need to explain where they are finding the money for this extension of the Council Tax freeze.

"Promising to increase NHS spending, give hundreds of millions more to Universities and now a Council Tax Freeze are expensive pledges, and the SNP needs to spell out how these can be delivered. Until they do, people will find these promises unbelievable.

"The SNP have broken so many promises in the past four years – unless they show us the money, there is nothing to guarantee these pledges will ever be met."

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