✂️ By the end of this decade, Westminster cuts since 2010 will have reduced annual welfare spend in Scotland by £4 billion, which is more than the entire budget for the new Social Security system in Scotland.
🖐 Despite Westminster’s £211 million real terms cuts to Scotland’s fiscal resource budget this year, @theSNP Government is spending over £127 million mitigating UK Government welfare policies, such as the bedroom tax, and supporting those on low incomes.
🙌 @theSNP Government has spent almost £400m in four years plugging the gaps created by Tory austerity.
