Dundee LibDems today agreed that shambles of the Scottish Futures Trust has cost construction jobs, thanks to the SNP.
Commenting on the news from the Scottish Builders Federation (SBF) that almost 900 Scottish trainees and apprentices in the construction industry have been made redundant in the last 12 months, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Mike Rumbles MSP said, "Much of the blame for this drop in construction jobs lies with the SNP and their obsession with the discredited Scottish Futures Trust.
"The SFT has caused a paralysis in Scottish construction and has led to apprenticeships and jobs being cut.
"The SNP Government must now abandon this useless quango which is a waste of taxpayers' money, particularly during the recession."
Here in Dundee, LibDem council group leader, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, added, "The Scottish Government really has now to get its act together and recognise the failures of the Scottish Futures Trust - after over 2 years of delay and inaction."