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John Swinney will today unveil his plans for the first 100 days of a new SNP government with his flagship policies already being trashed by experts as unworkable.<\/p>\n
The SNP leader will tell a rally in Glasgow that his party is the only one \u201csetting out a serious plan for government\u201d and is expected to focus on health, energy and the cost of living.<\/p>\n
However, Dr Iain Morrison, chair of the BMA Scottish GP Committee, said Mr Swinney\u2019s GP walk-in centres will be \u201cexposed as being completely unaffordable\u201d, while the Scottish Retail Consortium has dubbed his plan for a price cap on essential food items as a \u201cpotty gimmick\u201d. <\/p>\n
Dr Morrison said: \u201cWalk-in centres become an incredibly inefficient way to deliver healthcare if you don\u2019t have continuity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fergus Ewing, a former SNP food minister, described the food price cap on items such as milk and bread as \u201chalf baked\u201d, and warned it could break competition law.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrice controls have been tried and failed,\u201d said Mr Ewing. \u201cTake my advice: scrap the cap. If you want to help the public, work with business, don\u2019t order them about.\u201d<\/p>\n
David Lonsdale, director of the Scottish Retail Consortium, which says government could help lower prices by cutting business costs, said: \u201cThis is a powerful intervention from the former food minister.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Swinney is likely to repeat his call for energy powers to be transferred to Westminster and has promised to cut electricity bills by a third.<\/p>\n
He told Daily Business<\/em> last week that he would achieve this by reforming the gas market, an objective that has eluded the UK government.<\/p>\n He is also promising a \u201cfresh start with independence\u201d, though even independence supporters are questioning how he hopes to deliver, given that Labour has ruled out a granting another referendum or other means to split up the UK. <\/p>\n The First Minister is expected to tell supporters in Glasgow:\u00a0\u201cDuring this campaign, the SNP is the only party setting out a serious programme for government.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEvery other party has spent the campaign talking about themselves, about each other and talking about the SNP. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBut they never talk about you \u2013 the people of Scotland. \u00a0They are asking you to vote for an opposition to stop things happening.<\/p>\n \u201cI am asking you to vote for a SNP government to get things done.\u201d<\/p>\n His opponents, however, say there is a long list of previous policy pledges that have not been fulfilled. These include a failure to hit targets on health, education and housing as well as tackling drug abuse. <\/p>\n Mr Swinney has spoken about a new approach to business rates and growing the economy, but has provided little detail beyond promising more consultation.<\/p>\n \t <\/div>\n