Labour 'too ashamed' to reveal cost of tax hikes on Scottish public services, SNP say

Chancellor John Healey will deliver his first Budget later this month (Image: Yui Mok)

THE UK Government is under fire after declining to reveal how much more Scottish emergency services have had to pay due to Labour’s tax increases.

The SNP said Labour ministers were “too ashamed” to publish the figures – but the UK Government claimed it was legally blocked from releasing them.