NICOLA Sturgeon has said the “broad shoulders” of the UK promised by Unionists are “nowhere to be seen” as the country faces a cost of living crisis – but that an independent Scotland could have already passed an emergency budget to take action on energy bills.
The First Minister pledged to make tackling the cost crisis “front and centre” of plans in the parliamentary year ahead, as she attacked the Westminster Government for “hibernating” over the summer.
