Rennie responds to latest independence paper

Responding to the publication of the Scottish Government’s latest independence paper, this time on social security, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP said:    

“If this paper was a rare moment of honesty from the SNP, listing their string on failures on social security, I might see the point in it.    

"Rather than seizing the opportunity to immediately deliver a fairer system, the Scottish Government will take a decade to put their new social security powers to use. They also did away with a Cabinet level position focused on social security.

“Now, Scots applying for the Adult Disability Payment are facing waiting times more than double what they are in England & Wales.  

“Liberal Democrats want a social security system built on fairness and respect, and that’s why we have been the only party to commit to the triple lock for pensioners and have called for uprating social security in line with inflation.    

“We need a government that delivers, not one that delays and divides.”