THE SNP has called on Ruth Davidson to visit workers in Glasgow’s shipyards and tell the thousands of workers UK Government promises have been kept.

Ms Davidson said during a television leaders debate that there was no delay to the type 26 frigates, despite work originally scheduled to begin now.

Union leaders fear jobs will be lost in the period before the contract begins, ow expected to be ne the end of 2017.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney said the conservative leader should go into the yard and look workers in the eye and repeat her statements.

On TV Ms Davidson said there was no change from last year and UK Government ministers had assured the project would go ahead.

Swinney said: “Ruth Davidson has been called out and found out about jobs on the Clyde. Ms Davidson should visit the Govan shipyard, look the workers in the eye and explain why Tory promises are not being kept.

“It’s completely out of touch for Ruth Davidson to insist that the UK Government are delivering on their promise when the workforce themselves are saying jobs are being delayed and, ridiculously, Ruth Davidson tried to claim Scotstoun would benefit from a frigate factory that the unions say has been shelved.”

He also accused Labour of being caught out on their NHS spending plans which Mr Swinney says is less than the SNP plan.

Ms Swinney said “Kezia Dugdale needs to urgently explain why her manifesto said one thing on NHS spending and, just a few days later, she claimed it said something else.”

Meanwhile elsewhere on the campaign trail Labour said the SNP education plans do not stand up to scrutiny after Nicola Sturgeon said on radio, education would be her “defining mission” if re-elected on Thursday.

Iain Gray, Labour education spokesman said: “Will the SNP protect the education budget in real terms across the next parliament? It is a question they have dodged over and over in the last few weeks.”

He said the SNP manifesto does not state it will protect the education budget in real terms.

The Greens campaigned on creating jobs in sustainable industries.

Patrick Harvie, candidate for Glasgow said: “Scotland's economy is facing huge challenges, not least from the inevitable decline in the oil and gas sectors, so the need for a plan of action has never been greater.”