Yousaf: Tory govt has trashed and tanked UK economy

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The Scottish first minister says the UK government has "trashed and tanked the UK economy" and that Scotland is "suffering as a result". Reacting to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's autumn statement, Humza Yousaf said he has not seen the essentials guaranteed that the Scottish government was asking for. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 I've seen some of the initial headlines and of course Shona Robinson outlined from the Scottish Government

00:05 what we expected to see from the autumn statement and I'm afraid we've not, in the midst of a cost of living crisis,

00:11 seen that essentials guarantee that not just the Scottish Government was asking for,

00:16 but I know a number of third sector organisations were asking for.

00:19 We've not seen what we've asked for in terms of capital investment for vital infrastructure

00:25 and we've certainly not seen funding required in order to address fair pay, which I think is hugely important.

00:32 So I'll bore over the detail of course after these interviews, but it's clear to me,

00:38 particularly when we look at the economic growth forecasts going down,

00:42 that we have a UK Government, a Conservative Party, that has simply trashed and tanked the UK economy

00:47 and Scotland's suffering as a result of it.

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