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| Ed Balls: a vote for the SNP is a vote for the Tories | Ed Balls: a vote for the SNP is a vote for the Tories |
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| A vote for the SNP is a vote for continued Tory austerity, Ed Balls will tell an audience in Glasgow on Wednesday. | A vote for the SNP is a vote for continued Tory austerity, Ed Balls will tell an audience in Glasgow on Wednesday. |
| In the second major speech by a senior Labour figure this week, the shadow chancellor will tell an audience at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: “There is only one way to end Tory austerity in Scotland and that’s by voting Labour.” | In the second major speech by a senior Labour figure this week, the shadow chancellor will tell an audience at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall: “There is only one way to end Tory austerity in Scotland and that’s by voting Labour.” |
| “As Gordon Brown said on Monday, this will mean £800m of additional spending for Scotland,” Balls will say. “And [Scottish Labour leader] Jim Murphy has already said how he wants to use that investment for the health service, to get young people back to work and to increase bursaries for students. But let’s be clear, we will only get this additional investment in Scotland and across the UK with a Labour government.” | “As Gordon Brown said on Monday, this will mean £800m of additional spending for Scotland,” Balls will say. “And [Scottish Labour leader] Jim Murphy has already said how he wants to use that investment for the health service, to get young people back to work and to increase bursaries for students. But let’s be clear, we will only get this additional investment in Scotland and across the UK with a Labour government.” |
| In addition to the £800m for 2015-16 guaranteed by Brown when he launched shadow Scottish secretary Margaret Curran’s campaign in the key Labour-SNP battleground seat of Glasgow East, Murphy last week pledged more than £1bn over the life of the next parliament on a revamped jobs and students package in an effort to woo back the hundreds of thousands of former Labour supporters who have defected to the SNP. | In addition to the £800m for 2015-16 guaranteed by Brown when he launched shadow Scottish secretary Margaret Curran’s campaign in the key Labour-SNP battleground seat of Glasgow East, Murphy last week pledged more than £1bn over the life of the next parliament on a revamped jobs and students package in an effort to woo back the hundreds of thousands of former Labour supporters who have defected to the SNP. |
| Balls will also present three reasons why voting SNP risks continued austerity: “First, because they have failed to back Labour’s fair tax changes across the UK which means we can have extra investment for the NHS, education and young people. | Balls will also present three reasons why voting SNP risks continued austerity: “First, because they have failed to back Labour’s fair tax changes across the UK which means we can have extra investment for the NHS, education and young people. |
| “Second, because the SNP remains wedded to a fiscal approach for Scotland which rejects the pooling and sharing of resources across the United Kingdom. That doesn’t just mean scrapping the Barnett formula – damaging though that would be. The SNP’s plans for Scotland would mean, according to the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies, £7.6bn of spending cuts and tax rises. This would have a hugely damaging impact on living standards and public services in Scotland. | “Second, because the SNP remains wedded to a fiscal approach for Scotland which rejects the pooling and sharing of resources across the United Kingdom. That doesn’t just mean scrapping the Barnett formula – damaging though that would be. The SNP’s plans for Scotland would mean, according to the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies, £7.6bn of spending cuts and tax rises. This would have a hugely damaging impact on living standards and public services in Scotland. |
| “And third, because a vote for the SNP means it is more likely David Cameron stays in Downing Street. Every vote in this election that might allow the Tories to be the largest party is a vote for Tory austerity to continue.” | “And third, because a vote for the SNP means it is more likely David Cameron stays in Downing Street. Every vote in this election that might allow the Tories to be the largest party is a vote for Tory austerity to continue.” |
| On Tuesday evening, Murphy cautiously welcomed a ComRes poll for ITV news which showed a gap of six points between Labour and the SNP, narrower than indicated in previous polling, saying that it showed Labour were “back in the fight”. | |
| Murphy added: “This poll shows some improvement for Scottish Labour, but we aren’t getting carried away with ourselves. We are back in the fight but we are still the underdogs. If this poll is repeated on election day it could hand the keys to Downing Street back to David Cameron. | Murphy added: “This poll shows some improvement for Scottish Labour, but we aren’t getting carried away with ourselves. We are back in the fight but we are still the underdogs. If this poll is repeated on election day it could hand the keys to Downing Street back to David Cameron. |
| “We need to do everything we can to stop the Tories being the largest party across the UK. A vote for anyone other than Labour risks the Tories being the biggest party and returning to government. That would be a disaster for Scotland.” | “We need to do everything we can to stop the Tories being the largest party across the UK. A vote for anyone other than Labour risks the Tories being the biggest party and returning to government. That would be a disaster for Scotland.” |