Warning of Dickensian

Teachers for children with additional support needs are being axed, childcare is being “cut to the bone” and breakfast clubs are closing, Labour leader Richard Leonard has claimed.

At First Minister’s Questions, Mr Leonard said the Snp-led Falkirk Council was being forced to take such action as he challenged Nicola Sturgeon to do more to combat the “Dickensian” conditions caused in Scotland by austerity.

Mr Leonard called on the First Minister to use next week’s Scottish budget to give