The First Minister will urge Scots to ‘vote for what they believe in’ at the next election.
Scots will face a “choice of values” at the next election, Humza Yousaf has said, as he is set to pit the SNP against Labour in a speech to trade unionists.
The upcoming general election is going to be a choice of values – it is about who will stand by their principles, and stand by the interests of working people and of Scotland He was “disappointed” not to have received a reply to entreaties to meet with Sir Keir earlier this year. This week, Sir Keir stated that the party’s commitment to the UK’s nuclear deterrent was “total”, but the First Minister will tell the congress the “hundreds of billions of pounds” spent “could be invested in our people and our public services”.
But Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said the choice at the next election was “between five more years of this rotten Tory government and change with Labour”. “Labour will transform workers’ rights in Scotland and across the UK with our New Deal for Working People, which will strengthen employment rights, end exploitative zero hour contracts and fire and rehire, and deliver a genuine living wage.
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