Finance Secretary Shona Robison is expected to announce a series of cuts to public spending when Holyrood returns from the summer recess on Tuesday.
John Swinney has denied the Scottish Government ’s efforts to close a budget black hole amount to “SNP austerity”. This has been reported to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
He spoke to the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland radio programme on Monday, following his speech at the SNP conference at the weekend. “Today, if the SNP Government hadn’t taken the decisions we’ve taken, on tax, Scottish public expenditure will be £1.5 billion lower than it is today.” He said the Scottish Government had balanced its budget each year and Labour had “accepted” the fiscal rules of the Conservatives.
He pledged plans to grow the economy, deliver net zero and eradicate child poverty despite a “challenging financial backdrop”.
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