“SNP ‘cut 22,000 council jobs’, claims pro-union campaign group” – Scotsman headline, April 28, 2021. Source

CLAIM: ‘It’s clear that an independent Scotland would start life with a large deficit. It would need to get that down, and that would mean difficult choices’ Source

CLAIM: ‘It’s clear that an independent Scotland would start life with a large deficit. It would need to get that down, and that would mean difficult choices’ Source

“Tories claim Nicola Sturgeon’s four-day week plan for Scotland would cost taxpayers £3 billion A YEAR as part of an SNP​ election manifesto ‘fantasy wish list’” – Daily Mail headline, April 17, 2021. Source

CLAIM “Nicola Sturgeon failed to pass on the full Barnett consequentials to the NHS … so we now face the twin challenges of recovering from the very immediate crisis created by Covid-19, while restoring our NHS after a decade of mounting problems and underfunding” – Jackie Baillie, Labour health spokesperson, commentating on IFS paper published on April 14. Source

CLAIM: “Nicola Sturgeon is acting as if her handling of Covid-19 has been better than the UK Government’s …” Source

Douglas Ross hailed the UK vaccine rollout as an ‘incredible success story’ as figures suggested an independent Scotland would have had 1.5 million fewer jabs by now” – Scottish Daily Express headline, 1 April. Source