Anas Sarwar

We're not.

And so much of what is accepted and tolerated in the public sector would never be accepted or tolerated in the private sector or indeed in the third sector.

So we've got to spend the money better in Scotland.

But we've also got to not just keep...

slicing the cake into thinner and thinner pieces, we've got to increase the size of the cake.

And if we fill the growth gap that exists in Scotland, so if our economy in Scotland had grown at the same rate as the rest of the UK bar London, we would actually have 800 million pounds more to spend on our public services every year.

So to your question on what we would do differently is I want to be a first minister that's a deal maker that gets things done, not just one that legislates and regulates.

Secondly, our tax rates are too high in Scotland.

How do we drive down tax rather than using it as a substitute for economic growth?

How do we reform?

form our rate system so it's rigged in favor of the town centers and high streets rather than against them with the online giants.

Our planning system is archaic.

How do we create a national planning agency so we can try and half the time it takes for a planning application because we are competing with the world?

where investment goes and we want the investment to come to Scotland.

Our skill system, we are not creating the talent supply chain for our economy, so how do we partner business with colleges and universities so we do have that supply chain of businesses?

How do we have a transport system that works and inspires growth?

Regional economic development is a huge part of what's working in London, it's working in Manchester.

We don't do regional economic development in Scotland, instead we treat Scotland

as if it's one big homogenous block, when the reality is the economic model for the Highlands, and the Highlands is very different to Glasgow and the West of Scotland.

Our enterprise agencies are huge, but we're spending on wage bills rather than actually investing in good quality businesses that need to get pushed over the line.