Scottish Labour's Cathy Jamieson has accused the Tories of pursuing an anti-Scottish agenda and said they can’t be trusted with the nation’s finances after a survey found that nearly three quarters of Conservative MPs want to cut Scotland’s budget.

According to a survey conducted by the IPPR, which is reported in today’s Telegraph, 74 per cent of Conservatives said the current system for distributing money around the UK is unfair on England.

Cathy Jamieson said:

“The Tories’ mask has slipped. They have an anti-Scottish agenda and they simply can’t be trusted to treat Scotland fairly. A Conservative Government would turn back the clock to the 1980s and be a disaster for Scotland.

“This is also a challenge to Alex Salmond who has already said that if there is a hung parliament he is prepared to do deals with the Tories. His message to the voters might as well be vote SNP and get Tory.”

02/02/10