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'They supported his failed Brexit deal and the Universal Credit cuts that plunged thousands of people into poverty. They have both backed every single disastrous policy that (Boris) Johnson has implemented. 'Neither Truss nor (Rishi) Sunak would offer the fresh start that we need. 'She knows that the democratic case for a referendum is unanswerable, so she would rather patronise us and ignore us,' she said. Lorna Slater, co-leader of the Scottish Greens, said Liz Truss has shown 'total disrespect' to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and 'a contempt for everyone that voted for a pro-independence majority of MSPs in last year's election'. utterly disgraceful contempt for our democratically elected First Minister.' SNP minister Christina McKelvie said: 'You watching Scotland. Responding to her comments, SNP councillor Stefan Hoggan-Radu posted a message on social media saying: 'How disrespectful and ignorant! Like her or not she is the democratically elected First Minister of Scotland with a larger mandate than any Tory Prime Minister!'

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So some of the policies I'm talking about – the investment zones, the free ports – we need to make sure they're delivered in Scotland too.' Ms Truss, who grew up in Paisley, added: 'Nicola Sturgeon can carry on talking about an independence referendum – we had the referendum in 2014 it was agreed it was once in a generation – so we've got to call her out on that but, at the same time, really delivering for Scotland. There is too much bureaucracy and stale groupthink in Whitehall.' Liz Truss said: 'As Prime Minister I will run a leaner, more efficient, more focused Whitehall that prioritises the things that really matter to people and is laser-focused on frontline services. Truss's team hit back saying the changes, implemented by regional pay boards, will ensure pay accurately reflects where civil servants work and prevent local businesses being priced out of the labour market. Her aides said this was the potential savings if the system were to be adopted for 'all' public sector workers, suggesting that teachers, nurses and police officers' salaries were in the firing line. The Foreign Secretary will also save £2billion by reducing public sector workers' holiday allowance from 27 to 25 days and calculate pay based on where they live in the UK.īut a statement from her team revealed that up to £8.8billion of the savings would come from pay cuts for public sector workers living outside the south-east of England. Liz Truss today launched a 'war on Whitehall waste' as she pledged to slash £11billion per year including ending national pay deals for NHS staff, police and teachers and scrapping hundreds of jobs aimed at increasing diversity in the civil service. He added: 'Nicola Sturgeon has far more democratic legitimacy than Liz Truss is going to have if she becomes the prime minister, and I think Liz Truss has absolutelyno right or foundation to make these remarks.' He told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that people in Scotland, regardless of political opinion, will be 'really concerned, and in many cases, insulted'. What we need to do is show the people of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales what we are delivering for them and make sure our policies are delivering for them right across the United Kingdom.'ĭeputy First Minister John Swinney said comments about Nicola Sturgeon by Tory leadership hopeful Liz Truss are 'deeply troubling and concerning'. 'I'm sorry, she's an attention seeker, that's all she is.

In response, Ms Truss, who described herself as 'a child of the Union' said: 'We're better together and I think the best thing to do with Nicola Sturgeon is to ignore her. The chairman of the hustings, Whitehall editor of the Financial Times Sebastian Payne, added: 'The bond of the United Kingdom has weakened over the past 12 years of the Conservative government, and if you look at Northern Ireland or Scotland, independence is very much a question again. The Foreign Secretary is competing with former Chancellor Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.Ī member of the audience had asked: 'What are you going to do to get Scotland on board? Because I'm sick to death hearing about Nicola Sturgeon trying to break up the Union.' Leadership hopeful Ms Truss made the comments at the Conservative hustings in Exeter last night and was swiftly backed by Jacob Rees-Mogg today who declared that Ms Sturgeon 'waffles on endlessly', is 'very often wrong', and is 'always moaning'. Liz Truss has branded Nicola Sturgeon an 'attention seeker' and said the best thing to do is 'ignore her' - sparking fury with the SNP who said they and the Scottish people were 'insulted'.