Labour legacy shapes Council cuts but Scottish Conservatives continue to deliver

Scottish Councils this week have announced their budgets with many being forced into making potentially unpopular but necessary cuts along the way.

Of course, the deficit deniers are out in force, blaming the UK Coalition Government for the tough decisions having to be made to claw back the £2 trillion debt. Lets not forget the reasons why savings across the Nation are having to be implemented within Public Sector budgets.

The Union-led former Labour Government brought us to the brink of bankruptcy. Labour doubled the national debt and left us with the biggest budget deficit in our peacetime history. We are spending £120 million every single day just to pay off the interest on Labour’s debt. This is Labour’s legacy.

The Red Ed double act of Balls and Miliband were Gordon Brown’s chief economic advisers and the architects of this economic mess. The sad thing is that having burdened our children and grandchildren with debt, and undermined our economy, Labour offers nothing but opportunistic attacks.

They’ve opposed the Coalition Government's tough decisions on VAT, tuition fees and deficit reduction but offer no credible deficit reduction plan of their own. You can’t attack a plan if you haven’t got a plan. A blank sheet of paper simply will not do!

Running up Government debt is like someone running up massive credit card bills - the longer you leave it, the worse it gets. If we don’t take steps now to live within our means we’ll end up paying higher taxes and face deeper cuts just to pay off our debt. Labour’s approach would mean less growth, less investment and fewer jobs.

Ed Miliband and his Scottish 'Leader' Iain Gray refuses to accept that Labour overspent before the boom turned to bust. Their message is simple: vote for me, I’d do it all again.

We must learn from these lessons and Vote Scottish Conservatives on May 5th.

The Scottish Conservatives proud record at Holyrood over the last four years has meant that our Nation has delivered:

- 1,000 extra Police
- Thousands of small businesses benefitting from rates savings
- Four year Council Tax Freeze
- £60 million Town Centre Regeneration Plan
- New drugs strategy for Scotland implemented
- A £26 million boost to housing, jobs and exports
- A new drive to cut down absenteeism in the public sector