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The UK Government announced that only those receiving pension credit or other means-tested benefits in England and Wales would receive the annual payment of between £100 and £300.
The Scottish Government has since said ministers had no choice but to replicate the policy north of the border.
However, Sir Keir did not say whether he believed Scottish Labor would be punished before the Holyrood elections in 2026.
A recent opinion poll has suggested that Anas Sarwar’s party could be punished with plummeting popularity in the polls for the decision.
Instead, the Prime Minister told STV News that he believed Mr Sarwar would “make an excellent prime minister”.
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And he launched a scathing attack on the SNP-run Scottish Government’s handling of public funding.
“We inherited an unaccounted for £22bn black hole under the last government and we have to make decisions accordingly,” he told STV.
But he added: “I’m not really going to take lectures from the SNP about managing the economy after the mess they’ve made in Scotland and the responsibility they have for the decisions they’ve made take
“It’s all very well pointing fingers and blaming but in reality the SNP is responsible for the financial mess in Scotland. They need to take responsibility for that and identify what they are going to do about it.”
The Survation poll, carried out by Progress Scotland, suggested 31% of general election voters would support Labour, down nine from the company’s last survey in May and down four points on the general election result.
The SNP were also on 31 points at Westminster level, followed by the Tories on 14%, Reform on 13% and the Lib Dems on 9%.
It followed similar messages in Scotland, with Finance Secretary Shona Robison announcing cuts of up to £500 million.
During Prime Minister’s Questions, John Swinney accused the Labor government of imposing “austerity” policies that exacerbated financial constraints.
Meanwhile, SNP Member of Parliament David Torrance has said that the Prime Minister has a “brass neck” to lecture the SNP on the country’s finances.
He said: “Keir Starmer has a brass neck to lecture the SNP on the state of the economy which has been devastated by 14 years of austerity in Westminster and a hard Brexit – which Scotland voted for neither – and he Labor fully supports both. now that they are in power.”
“Recent figures showed that the Scottish economy is the best performing area of ​​the UK outside of London and the South East while earnings in Scotland have grown faster than any other part of the UK the last year.
“The Scottish SNP Government has made growing the economy one of its key priorities and will continue to do everything it can with limited powers to promote economic growth. Keir Starmer’s Labor party would do well to do the same rather than lecturing others.”
Following 10 years since the Scottish independence referendum, Sir Keir told BBC Scotland that he would not give the Scottish Government the ability to hold another vote during his time as prime minister.
He said: “I actually accept the arguments made in Scotland that change is needed, but I think a stronger Scotland within the union is the best way to bring about change quickly and we are now in a position to do that by work with our organization. Scottish colleagues.
“That’s where my focus is on the change that people will feel as we go through it, not just the first steps of the government but fulfilling the big promises that were made.”
“I’ve said for a while that I don’t think independence is the right way forward for Scotland, I don’t think it’s the right priority.”
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