Where is Iain Gray's authority now?

Commenting on the report in the Evening Times that Labour controlled Glasgow City Council made a disabled man compulsorily redundant on Christmas Eve SNP MSP Bill Kidd said it exposed the true face of Labour in power and why they should not be trusted with power in the coming Scottish Parliament elections.

Mr Kidd, the former disability reporter on the Scottish Parliament’s Equal Opportunities Committee said: "This just shows how much Labour's rhetoric about protecting jobs and the vulnerable are just hot air. It also begs the question of how much authority Iain Gray has within his party.

"Whilst the SNP Finance Secretary John Swinney is working hard with council and trade union representatives so that local authorities sign up to the Scottish Government's policy of no compulsory redundancies, Labour in Glasgow has shown how much they care - and it's not a jot.

"Of course these are hard financial times because of Tory cuts but this action just shows how Labour are just like the other London-led parties.

"This is a timely reminder as to why Labour's promises cannot be trusted and what things will be like if the acquire the power to do so in May. As John Swinney has shown it is the SNP which is working together  with the people of Scotland to deliver a better future for Scotland."

Notes:

The report can be read here.

Unison representative Chris Stephens said: “Even Ebenezer Scrooge didn’t issue redundancies on Christmas Eve.”