IT would be “folly” to reimpose austerity on the UK – and Scotland's public services could not “withstand it”, Nicola Sturgeon has told Rishi Sunak in her first official letter to the new Prime Minister.
The SNP leader told Sunak that Scotland “has already suffered a decade of austerity” due to decisions made at Westminster, and it was “imperative” that those past mistakes were not repeated.
It comes after the two leaders spoke over the phone on Sunak’s first day in office. Sturgeon said she had reminded the Tory leader of the importance of democratic mandates, a theme she also touches on in her letter.
