Westminster

The SNP has branded reports the Con/Dem government are considering giving postal workers shares in Royal Mail, through a John Lewis-style trust, under privatisation plans, as a “fig leaf”.

Seizing on reports that cuts announced in the Budget could lead to up to 1.3 million jobs being lost by 2015, the SNP said the leaked figures underlined concerns that Con/Dem cuts were going too far, too fast and risking recovery.

As the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war resumes after a four-and-a-half-month break, the SNP appealed, with the general election now passed, for witnesses called from the previous Labour government to give evidence with total candour.

The SNP has seized on a warning that public spending cuts would be greater in Scotland under Calman commission’s financial plans to change devolution.

The SNP has warned that coalition government plans for an immigration cap could be economically damaging for Scotland.

The SNP has warned that coalition government plans to cut sickness benefits must be based on genuine medical evidence.

An SNP MP has made a direct plea for the Treasury to act on fuel prices.

The SNP has condemned the coalition government’s rush to privatise postal services as the ‘wrong policy at the worst possible time’.

SNP MSPs have today expressed their anger that the Tory/ Lib Dem budget did not invest in Scotland’s games industry despite its potential to lead recovery in key parts of the Scottish economy.

Finance Secretary John Swinney and Treasury Spokesperson Stewart Hosie have today warned of the implications for Scotland following the ConDem budget today [Tuesday].