>The Scottish Fiscal Commission previously cautioned that the country faced a deficit of £1bn by the end of this year and £1.9bn by the end of 2027-28 if changes were not made.
Why economic growth is essential — unfortunately further cuts will make that slightly more difficult.
In his speech last Friday, Swinney signalled a move away from further tax rises, and Forbes (the new DFM) is also against that, so will be interesting to see what the response is to the shortfall.
Here come the Tartan Tories
Some numptys will be along to tell us being in the UK is better for us because it’s the 7th richest economy in the world or whatever, then agree we have to cut spending, yet some independent country like Norway doesn’t have to cut back on spending, but somehow being independent would be bad for us.
No they’re not the Scottish government has a better track record of having a balanced budget than Westminster the Scottish economy is in the toilet because of the Tories we should demand a fairer budget we should demand reparations from Westminster that sat back and did nothing but profit from the Highland Clearances the blood of thousands stains their hands
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>The Scottish Fiscal Commission previously cautioned that the country faced a deficit of £1bn by the end of this year and £1.9bn by the end of 2027-28 if changes were not made.
Why economic growth is essential — unfortunately further cuts will make that slightly more difficult.
In his speech last Friday, Swinney signalled a move away from further tax rises, and Forbes (the new DFM) is also against that, so will be interesting to see what the response is to the shortfall.
Here come the Tartan Tories
Some numptys will be along to tell us being in the UK is better for us because it’s the 7th richest economy in the world or whatever, then agree we have to cut spending, yet some independent country like Norway doesn’t have to cut back on spending, but somehow being independent would be bad for us.
No they’re not the Scottish government has a better track record of having a balanced budget than Westminster the Scottish economy is in the toilet because of the Tories we should demand a fairer budget we should demand reparations from Westminster that sat back and did nothing but profit from the Highland Clearances the blood of thousands stains their hands
Blame Westminster and tax me harder daddy.