SNP POLITICIANS COMMENT ON RBS JOB LOSSES.

SNP POLITICIANS COMMENT ON RBS JOB LOSSES.

EVERYTHING MUST BE DONE TO LIMIT IMPACT ON SCOTLAND

SNP politicians, Stewart Hosie and Shirley-Anne Somerville, have expressed concern over reports that RBS are to shed 4500 jobs in the UK.

Commenting, SNP Treasury Spokesperson, Stewart Hosie MP said:

“These are the inevitable consequences of decisions taken by RBS.

“Looming job losses are concerning and never more so than in the teeth of a recession.

“RBS said in a statement that they will seek to offer new jobs and to use only voluntary redundancy. This is welcome but there must be real constructive discussion with unions and across the sector through the financial sector jobs taskforce to minimise the impact of these losses.”

Lothians MSP Shirley-Anne Somerville, whose region includes the RBS Headquarters on the outskirts of Edinburgh where the RBS Group Manufacturing hub is based, added:

“Today’s announcement will be devastating for those working at RBS and will cause great concern across the city as we wait to find out where the job losses will take place.

“After RBS initially said only 2500 jobs would go, these figures are a dramatic increase.

“I have already contacted the Scottish Government and I am confident SNP Ministers will give every support they can to those who now face redundancy.

“We have enormous talent in Edinburgh and with new entrants like Tesco Finance basing themselves in the city it is vital that we do everything we can to ensure Edinburgh and its residents are able to recover strongly from events at RBS.”