Reform UK have been branded “a bunch of failed Tories” by the general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress(STUC).
Roz Foyer said the party is making “fake promises based on fantasy economics”.
She said the party is not a voice for working class communities and warned it would cut public services if it had the power to do so.
At the STUC’s annual conference, held in Dundee, Ms Foyer, said she does not believe Reform can provide the answers to the problems facing Scotland’s workers.
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She said: “I think Reform are a bunch of failed Tories giving fake promises based on fantasy economics to Scotland’s workers.
“I think what they’re doing is they’re playing on the very justified anger and dissatisfaction that many working-class people are feeling, and quite rightly so, because our politicians, who are in power at the moment, aren’t delivering enough for them.
“But what we need to remember about Reform is they’re bankrolled by billionaires, and their job is to cut the taxes of the rich.
“Their job is going to be to cut our public services, to cut our rights of employment. and to cut away many of the things that we enjoy.
“I think it’s a very dangerous path for us to go down to give Reform any power in our democracy.”
The comments come as Reform and Labour are embroiled in what Foyer labelled a “psychodrama”.
Malcolm Offord, Reform leader in Scotland accused Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader of offering to work together to defeat the SNP.
Sarwar has vehemently denied the claims and in turn said Graham Simpson, Reform’s only MSP at Holyrood before the election, said Offord was “terrible and useless” and that Glasgow Reform candidate a “weasel”.
Simpson denies this and said it was “preposterous”.
Ms Foyer said the parties were “playing “games”.
She added: “What I’m interested in is making sure that working people get a better deal at this next Parliament.”
She said: “It’s a bit of a psychodrama. I would much rather people look at the political parties’ policies in detail, and what they’re promising us, are those budgets backed up with figures, etc?
“That’s the sort of discussion that we’ll be having when we question the politicians going forward.”
Ms Foyer also rejected SNP claims that Labour and Reform could do a deal with each other, saying: “I don’t actually think that’s a possibility.”
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