Government spending
Government spending
Lord Myners hits out at cuts package
LABOUR renewed its attack on Chancellor George Osborne's £81 billion budget cuts package yesterday, with former City minister Lord Myners insisting the scale and speed of the measures were dangerous and unnecessary.
City chief asks what really matters as sharp cuts loom
As the Capital gets ready for a UK emergency budget, council leader Jenny Dawe spells out the implications . . .
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'Hard choices ahead' - Chancellor paves way for spending cuts
THE Government will not flinch from the "hard choices on public spending" needed to bring Britain's national deficit back down after the country emerges from recession, Chancellor Alistair Darling pledged today.
Scots spending on core services to fall £300m
THE money the Scottish Government has to spend on core services, including health, education and transport, will fall by almost £300 million next year – the first drop since devolution.
Swinney plans pay curbs for public sector
THOUSANDS of workers across the country are to face pay rise restrictions under new austerity measures being issued by the Scottish Government.
Swinney in £150m levy plea
FINANCE Secretary John Swinney last night asked that UK ministers release a cash pot worth almost £150 million to Scotland.
More post offices under threat as card account deal faces axe
THERE are fears up to a dozen more post offices could close in Edinburgh if the company loses a vital service.
Salmond targets Qatar for cash
ALEX Salmond is to ask a cash-rich Arab state to stump up billions of pounds to pay for desperately-needed upgrades to Scotland's creaking road, rail and power networks.
Treasury minister Yvette Cooper attacks SNP tax plans
ALEX Salmond's plans for a local income tax in Scotland suffered have a serious blow after a senior UK government minister issued an unprecedented formal warning of a £750 million black hole in the Scottish Government's plans.
The Scottish Budget: Key policy plans laid out
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Swinney's last-minute deals over business rates and transport win vital support
JOHN Swinney unveiled two last-minute concessions yesterday in a final attempt to secure cross-party support for his Budget.
A total triumph and an utter defeat
IN THE end, the howl of delight said it all. Alex Salmond had won the biggest parliamentary battle of his career – piloting the first SNP Budget through the Scottish Parliament.
Conservatives claim victory as Goldie plays her hand just right
CONSERVATIVES in the Scottish Parliament were last night celebrating what they regarded as a clear and significant victory.
Scottish Government wins key Budget vote
THE minority SNP government tonight passed its biggest test yet as the Scottish Parliament backed the £30 billion budget.
Civil servants spend £10,000 on PFI trips
SCOTTISH civil servants have spent more than £10,000 of taxpayers' money on a series of junkets promoting the controversial Private Finance Initiative (PFI).
Government's Christmas bill
GOVERNMENT departments have spent almost half a million pounds on Christmas festivities in the last five years, according to official figures.
More cash for housing works
EXTRA cash is being handed out to help local authorities fund adaptations to the homes of elderly and disabled people so they can live independently.
Civil servants' £1m first-class rail tickets
MORE than £1 million in public money was spent on first-class rail tickets by a single government department over the past year, it emerged last night.
Darling faces fury on CGT concessions Anger at lack of CGT concessions
CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling will risk the wrath of the business community this week when he announces only limited concessions to his controversial plans to reform capital gains tax.
Why Alex Salmond really does need his economic strategy to be a success
PUBLICATION of an economic strategy and a budget for the next three years by the Scottish government has made this a busy week for the commentariat. I want to offer the apparently perverse comment that although Alex Salmond and his ministeriat have complained loudly that they haven't got enough money to do all the things that they think need to be done, this might, oddly enough, help them to achieve their economic aims.
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