NHS £237m ‘not enough’

The £2 0 million comin to cotland followin the chancellor s ud et is nowhere near enou h” the first minister has said.

s a result of spendin in n land on the H cotland will recei e £2 m in arnett conse uentials for this year s ud et.

ut Hum a ousaf has criticised eremy Hunt s spendin plans claimin the cut to national insurance in the ud et and the autumn statement last year will mean £ . billion less in potential conse uentials” for cotland.

pea in at irst Minister s uestions yesterday he said Health conse uentials of £2 m are nowhere near enou h i en the pressure we face. hey don t co er for e ample the recurrin costs of the a enda for chan e pay deal.”

he cottish o ernment had also been hopin for capital fundin to flow from the bud et with eputy irst Minister hona obison sayin a cut in the cottish housin bud et of more than £200m would be first to be re ersed if e tra cash became a ailable.

arlier yersterday lyson tafford the director eneral of the cottish che uer told Holyrood s public audit committee that there would be no capital conse uentials comin to cotland as a result of the ud et and total fundin would drop by . in real terms by 202 2 .

Mr ousaf said he absence of in estment in public ser ices and infrastructure is nothin fran ly short of a betrayal of our public ser ices by the o ernment.”

he first minister then went on to ta e aim at cottish ory leader ou las oss who had earlier uestioned Mr ousaf on the H .

Mr oss has said he opposes an e tension of the windfall ta on oil and as firms proposed by Mr Hunt in the ud et and he has owed to ote a ainst it with reports emer in earlier this wee that he had considered resi nin o er the issue.

Mr ousaf said o disastrous a betrayal of wor ers in the north east apparently ou las oss threatened to resi n but he s still sittin here. wonder if he sold out the north east for a peera e or indeed to be a pri y counsellor. e don t now but m sure in time we ll find out.”

pea in afterwards Mr oss said he chancellor had a difficult ud et to set and thin e eryone has accepted there was a balance to be struc . will ne er shy away from publicly sayin it was the wron choice by the chancellor.”

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I wonder if he sold out the north-east for a peerage, or to be a privy counsellor

BUDGET BLUES: First Minister Humza Yousaf at Holyrood yesterday when he criticised health service funding.