EXCLUSIVE: The SNP Westminster leader urged the Labour Chancellor to end the 'doom and gloom' and bring 'positivity' in her statement today.
The SNP Government would "look at" making the Winter Fuel Payment universal again if its funding goes up in the Budget, Stephen Flynn has said.
Rachel Reeves will become the first woman to give the Budget when she stands up in the House of Commons this afternoon.When asked if the SNP Government would reinstate the benefit if its funding increases in the Budget, Flynn said: "I'm not entirely sure my dreams will come true, I think the chancellor might disappoint me.
"What we need to see is some positivity. We need to see some investment, investment in capital projects, investment in the public sector itself. And we need to see the Chancellor change tact when it comes to some of the biggest things impacting people at this moment in time in Scotland."
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