SNP Announces £500 Million Cuts, Blames Everyone But Itself
SNP Finance Minister Shona Robison has just announced much-anticipated spending cuts in the 2024/25 Scottish Government budget. £500 million getting immediately cut, including from “sustainable and active travel” spending. What will the Greens say?
Robison blames the Tory government for failing to increase Scotland’s funding settlement and Labour for imposing “austerity.” The Scottish Fiscal Commission, Scotland’s OBR, has actually placed the blame on Robison for giving out millions in unbudgeted public sector pay rise deals. Cue groans in the Holyrood chamber as Robison says this wouldn’t have happened with independence…
