Finance Secretary Shona Robison will update MSPs on what budgets will be axed as the Scottish Parliament returns from summer recess.
Finance Secretary Shona Robison will update MSPs on what will be axed as the Scottish Parliament returns from summer recess.
The independent Scottish Fiscal Commission has noted that more than half of the Government’s resource spending is allocated to public sector pay and above-expectation increases in this area will lead to cuts elsewhere. “But the fact is, the Scottish Government operates with a largely fixed budget determined by Westminster and, under the Labour Government, it is clear that we are entering a whole new era of austerity.
“It’s time for the SNP to come clean about the financial chaos it has created and tell us the truth about what lies ahead.
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