Lib Dems respond to Yousaf speech and council tax freeze

Responding to Humza Yousaf's speech to SNP conference, Liberal Democrat Scottish Affairs spokesperson Christine Jardine said:

"All conference long the SNP could not make it any clearer. They care more about independence than they do your job, your family's health or your children's education.

"Where was the action on the cost-of-living crisis? Where was hope for patients with long Covid? Where was action to tackle thousands of sewage spills in Scottish rivers? This was a missed opportunity to set out an agenda that the whole country could get behind.

"Scottish Liberal Democrats will continue to press for action to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, long NHS waits and the state of our natural environment"

On the plans to freeze council tax, economy spokesperson Willie Rennie added:

“People trust Humza Yousaf’s SNP on tax as much as they trust Liz Truss.

“One day the SNP are the evangelists for tax hikes, the next the stout defenders of a real terms tax cut.

“Just like Liz Truss this is an unfunded tax cut. There is no explanation as to how already broken public services will be funded.

“The government is split too with the Greens opposing the measures.

“This government is divided, volatile and incompetent just like Liz Truss' was."