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Ann McKechin is the Shadow Scottish Secretary
The Scottish Labour party is to accuse the UK government of targeting vulnerable women and children.
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Ann McKechin, will tell delegates in Oban that the Spending Review will hurt the most vulnerable in Scotland.
She will tell the Scottish Labour conference: "A government that chooses to hit women and children the hardest is a government without a heart."
Ms McKechin will also accuse the Tories of having no plan to grow the economy.
The shadow Scottish Secretary is making her first major speech since she was appointed to the post in new leader Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet.
</div> She will use her address to criticise benefit changes planned by Chancellor George Osborne - including proposals to scrap child benefit for some high-earners.
Speaking before the appearance, she said: "Families and children didn't cause the financial crisis and they shouldn't be expected to bear the brunt of the burden.
"It is shocking that under George Osborne, children and families pay more for cutting the deficit than the banks."
Ms McKechin claimed the Tories came into politics to make cuts.
She said: "A government that doesn't have a plan for jobs and growth is a government without a head.
"This coalition has lost its heart and lost its way.
"So we should make no mistake. These Tories would be cutting even if there was no deficit. That is why they came into politics."
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
Ann McKechin is the Shadow Scottish Secretary The Scottish Labour party is to accuse the UK government of targeting vulnerable women and children.
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Ann McKechin, will tell delegates in Oban that the Spending Review will hurt the most vulnerable in Scotland.
She will tell the Scottish Labour conference: "A government that chooses to hit women and children the hardest is a government without a heart."
Ms McKechin will also accuse the Tories of having no plan to grow the economy.
The shadow Scottish Secretary is making her first major speech since she was appointed to the post in new leader Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet.
</div> She will use her address to criticise benefit changes planned by Chancellor George Osborne - including proposals to scrap child benefit for some high-earners.
Speaking before the appearance, she said: "Families and children didn't cause the financial crisis and they shouldn't be expected to bear the brunt of the burden.
"It is shocking that under George Osborne, children and families pay more for cutting the deficit than the banks."
Ms McKechin claimed the Tories came into politics to make cuts.
She said: "A government that doesn't have a plan for jobs and growth is a government without a head.
"This coalition has lost its heart and lost its way.
"So we should make no mistake. These Tories would be cutting even if there was no deficit. That is why they came into politics."
This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.