Concerns that plan is not properly funded and will take cash from much-needed road projects
Minister and MP ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan
Robyn Vinter is a Guardian reporter covering Scotland.
Housebuilding in Scotland is down to its lowest level in nearly a decade, official figures show.
Scotland’s housing emergency is causing misery for families all over the country and this fall in housebuilding will fan the flames of the crisis.
Too many Scots have nowhere to live or are paying through the nose. Housebuilding is going in the wrong direction and this needs to change.
We’ve announced a £15bn increase in defence spending, which is a huge boost for our readiness and helps us buy the kit and equipment that we need.
Of the £15 billion extra spending power that we now have, the Treasury set out how £10bn or so of that will be spent … £4.7bn will be set out at the autumn budget. And that’s not unusual for governments to do.
