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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

SNP says Scottish Labour is rewriting party’s spending plans in TV debate

Left to right: Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, Scottish National party leader John Swinney, STV’s political editor Colin Mackay, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross and Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton
From left: Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar; SNP leader John Swinney; STV’s political editor Colin Mackay, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross; Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton. Photograph: Kirsty Anderson/STV/PA

The SNP has accused Scottish Labour of “completely rewriting” Rachel Reeves’s spending plans, as the party leaders took part in the first televised debate of the election campaign.

The clash between the the SNP, Scottish Labour, Scottish Conservatives and Scottish Liberal Democrats was screened by STV, without a studio audience, and involved intensive cross-examination of each leader by his political rivals.

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