Jeremy Corbyn to accuse SNP of 'passing on Tory austerity'
The Labour leader is hoping to boost his party's chances of improving on their solitary seat north of the border in the 2015 election.
Jeremy Corbyn will accuse the Scottish National Party of “passing on Tory austerity” as he takes Labour's General Election campaign to Glasgow on Sunday.
With Labour trailing a poor third behind the SNP and Conservatives in Scotland, Mr Corbyn is hoping to boost his party's chances of improving on their solitary seat north of the border in the 2015 election.
Speaking to a rally in the Old Fruitmarket, Mr Corbyn will pitch the June 8 vote as a choice for Scots between continued austerity under the SNP and Conservatives or a move to a Labour government which would deliver a £10-an-hour minimum wage and ban zero-hours contracts.
“Scots have a choice in this election - a Labour government which will govern for the many not the few, or the continuation of Tory and SNP austerity,'' he will say.
“Where the SNP simply passes on Tory austerity without putting up a fight, Labour will transform our economy through investment and development. No more tax breaks for the richest and big business.
“While the SNP obsesses over how to get another divisive independence, by contrast Labour believes that together we're stronger. We're on the side of the majority of Scots who don't want a second referendum.
“I'm asking the people of Scotland not to take a gamble on your future. We don't have to accept the politics of division and austerity. Things can, and they will, change under a Labour government for the many not the few.”
Mr Corbyn will say that a £10 minimum wage would directly benefit 500,000 Scots, while a ban on zero-hours contracts would help 60,000 workers north of the border.