Bring On Scotland’s Tax Power
Thursday 27th January
2011
GMB ENDORSE THE CALL BY THE
LABOUR SPOKESPERSON TO BRING FORWARD THE
NEW BORROWING POWERS FOR THE SCOTTISH
PARLIAMENT
The
UK government is taking an almighty gamble
with the UK economy as the growth
figures for the 4th quarter of 2010 shows
Alex McLuckie, GMB Senior Organiser
for public services in Scotland said, "The fall in the
budget for capital projects from £3.3billion to £2.1billion is
going g to have a knock on effect on the on the 180 projects
already in the pipeline. This will impact on employment in
Scotlandas does the nearly 10,000 posts to
be deleted from Scotlandlocal
authorities.
The
UK government is taking an almighty gamble
with the UK economy as the growth
figures for the 4th quarter of 2010 shows.
GMB endorse the call by the
Labour spokesperson to bring forward the new borrowing powers for
the Scottish Parliament so that these projects can be
funded."
Ends
Contact: Alex McLuckie, GMB Senior
Organiser on 07885 348269 or Harry Donaldson, GMB Scotland
Secretary on 07885 456726.