Michelle Campbell

Through the fresh start of independence, we can go even further and rejoin the EU so we can attract the staff that our NHS relies on and grow our economy even further.

Only the SNP can be trusted to protect Scottish families from charges in our NHS.

£444 is a significant amount of money for hard-pressed Scottish families especially during this Westminster-made cost of living crisis.

Scottish families are saving £444 a year on free prescriptions as people in England pay through the teeth for access to basic healthcare – that’s the difference between SNP-run Scotland and Labour-run England.

This has been a total shambles from the beginning and it needs fixed without further delay.

It is absolutely ridiculous that despite the disaster this scheme has been that not one UK Government minister has taken accountability.

Almost a year on since alarm bells started ringing, it is unacceptable that thousands of retired civil servants have still been left in limbo.

There is of course still work to be done, and that’s why we are investing a record £926 million in affordable housing this year and launching More Homes Scotland, to bring simplicity, speed and scale to delivery.

It’s the very same reason we are backing first-time buyers with up to £10,000 to get on the property ladder and into their first home – that’s what you get from an SNP Government on Scotland’s side.

While Westminster is lurching from crisis to crisis, from Prime Minister to Prime Minister, John Swinney's strong leadership is firmly focused on the priorities of the people of Scotland – our investment in housing reflects that.

For too many people in Scotland, buying their own home is simply unaffordable, and that’s exactly why we are spending four times more than England on building more, warm, affordable homes.

We know Nigel Farage would sell off our NHS in heartbeat, but it seems the Labour Party have beat him to it – the question now is will Andy Burnham stand by this disaster of a deal?

The Labour Party used sick Scots as a bargaining chip to lure big pharma to the south of England and it’s Scotland’s NHS that will pay the price – Westminster has put Scotland’s NHS at risk.

Anyone can see that agreeing to pay 25% more for vital medicines, costing the NHS £45bn, is a shocking deal. Labour ministers have serious questions to answer.

This is an absolutely damning report – Westminster’s capitulation to the demands of the White House and US big pharma could cost the lives of over 200,000 people in England alone. That is absolutely devastating.

Unlike in England, where Westminster has let sinister tech giants like Palantir get their hands on the NHS, Scotland’s NHS will never be up for sale under the SNP.

It is deeply troubling that individuals who have dedicated their lives to public service are left in this situation.

The disruption has therefore caused considerable financial distress, with some needing to take on post-retirement work to pay their bills.

It is a Westminster story as old as time.

Westminster ignored all the warnings, dishing out a private contract that cost taxpayers hundreds of millions and it has all gone pear shaped.