Scots Tory leader Annabel Goldie yesterday launched an attack on the SNP government, claiming the Nationalists' "left-wing agenda" was beginning to be revealed.

Scots Tory leader Annabel Goldie yesterday launched an attack on the SNP government, claiming the Nationalists' "left-wing agenda" was beginning to be revealed.

Miss Goldie accused ministers of "living in the past" when it came to public services and she claimed: "The SNP's left-wing agenda for Scotland's public services is starting to emerge.

"They may have succeeded in keeping it under wraps during the election and its immediate aftermath, but there is only so long you can hide your true colours."

The Conservative leader said decisions taken on education, prisons, health and the future of Scottish Water supported her argument.

Miss Goldie said: "The decision to scrap the Schools of Ambition demonstrated socialist dogma at its worst."

On justice, she claimed: "The SNP have achieved the incredible feat of even making Scottish Labour seem more in touch with public opinion."

She hit out at government proposals to extend the use of the home detention curfew scheme, which allows prisoners to be released early under electronic tagging.

On the administration's opposition to mutualising Scottish Water, she claimed: "Every year over £180m of taxpayers' money which could be spent on schools, hospitals or reducing the burden of tax is spent on Scottish Water."