Teachers are a luxury we can't afford

Gaffe-prone MSP suggests trimming staff as £28m of spending cuts loom

- PAUL HUTCHEON

GAFFE-PRONE SNP MSP John Mason has been condemned after claiming teacher numbers in Glasgow are an unaffordable “luxury”.

He said it would be unfair to keep current teaching levels and disputed claims of an “emergency” in schools.

Labour MSP Pam-Duncan Glancy called his remarks “unbelievable”.

“Parents across Glasgow will be horrified to hear that the SNP now considers their children’s teachers to be an extravagant luxury,” she said.

“The SNP’s mismanagement of Scotland’s onceworld class education system is nothing short of a disgrace.”