Swinney says election ‘on knife edge’ as he calls for SNP vote to end austerity

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Swinney says election ‘on knife edge’ as he calls for SNP vote to end austerity
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The First Minister will campaign in the Highlands as the campaign enters its last 48 hours.

First Minister John Swinney has urged Scots to back his party to avoid “more austerity cuts from Westminster” as he claimed the election was on a “knife edge”.

“There’s just two days until polling stations open, and across Scotland the result is too close to call,” the First Minister said. He added: “Labour has baked £18 billion of cuts into their spending plans, they have promised to hold the door open to privatisation in the NHS and they are committed to Brexit – which has been a total disaster, especially in rural Scotland.

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