Yesterday the Chancellor once again failed to deliver for the people in Glasgow by continuing with his austerity of choice.

Austerity hasn’t worked and the UK Government simply cannot go on ignoring this.

Scotland will see almost 6% of the day-to-day budget that pays for our vital public services slashed in real terms as a result of this Chancellor’s statement.

The Scottish Government has consistently demonstrated that the UK’s deficit and debt can be brought down without the need for huge public spending cuts.

These cuts are damaging, needless and will yet again it will hit the poorest hardest.

What I do welcome is the victory over tax credits. Thousands of families in Glasgow can breathe a sigh of relief after the proposed cuts were scrapped by the UK Government.

This U-turn demonstrates it was right to maintain pressure on the Chancellor to re-think what would have been a hugely damaging proposition.

We will continue to do everything within our power to protect the most vulnerable from the UK Government's austerity measures, but we want to use our powers and resources to lift people out of poverty not just continually mitigate as best we can.

Our immediate task will be to set out our spending plans on December 16. We will be fair and progressive is our decisions. In years to come, the additional responsibilities we will get through the Scotland Bill will enable this, and future Scottish Governments, to take a distinctive approach to the challenges we face, to design policies and programmes that align with our vision of a stronger, wealthier and fairer society to the benefit those in Glasgow and across Scotland.