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SNP accuse Labour UK government of ‘betraying’ Scots
SNP Depute leader Keith Brown, August 30, 2024

THE UK government has failed to deliver change in its five months in power — and Scots feel “betrayed and let down” — the SNP claims.

Former Scottish government minister and present SNP deputy leader Keith Brown branded Labour’s 26 weeks in office a “litany of failure,” arguing that it had made “no difference” since the July general election despite Sir Keir Starmer promising “change.”

He said: “Keir Starmer repeatedly promised voters ‘change’ while his Scottish leader Anas Sarwar vowed that there ‘would be no austerity under Labour.’

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