Scottish government confirms £500m in cuts ahead of budget - BBC News
Sep 3, 2024 · Scotland's Finance Secretary Shona Robison has announced up to £500m of cuts to balance the government's budget. Ms Robison told parliament the country was facing "enormous and growing"...
SNP poised to draw up wealth tax plans to tackle incoming £8.8bn ...
5 days ago · The price tag for benefits is set to make up 14 per cent of the 2025/26 budget. The £5.3bn spent on social security in 2023/24 is forecast to soar to £8.8bn by 2029/30.
John Swinney’s speech on the 2025/26 Budget — Scottish National Party
Jan 6, 2025 · Read John Swinney's speech encouraging opposition parties to support a budget that delivers progress, renewal, and hope.
Scottish Budget 2024 RECAP as SNP Government confirms it will …
Dec 4, 2024 · Scroll down for all the latest news and reaction to the Scottish Budget throughout the day. Shona Robison announced the SNP's tax and spending plans for the next year in Holyrood on...
Scottish Budget presents huge challenges for SNP - BBC News
Dec 3, 2024 · Spending watchdog Audit Scotland warns that the NHS is unsustainable in its present state, local authorities want more cash and autonomy, and unions say education is threatened by a lack of...
Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland under SNP's budget …
Dec 4, 2024 · Scotland has vowed to scrap the two-child benefit cap, saying it will lift 15,000 Scottish children out of poverty. Scotland's finance secretary Shona Robison also committed to a record investment in the NHS as she unveiled the nation's draft budget for the coming year in a speech at Holyrood.
John Swinney calls on opponents to back his first Scottish budget …
Jan 6, 2025 · SNP Finance Secretary Shona Robison delivered the draft Scottish budget in early December, aligning its focus with John Swinney’s priority of eradicating child poverty. Speaking in Edinburgh, Swinney said he and his government stands ready to do more to pass the budget.
Farming, housing and ScotRail among sectors which face brutal SNP ...
Dec 19, 2023 · Finance secretary Shona Robison announced a swathe of cuts to budgets, but managed to find the cash to boost Angus Robertson's constitution war chest by £14m. The Scottish Government have announced a brutal set of funding cuts as a result of Shona Robison's budget which was set on Tuesday.
SNP budget may go down in left-leaning history - BBC News
Dec 15, 2022 · John Swinney's budget was devolution in action. Scotland already had more generous welfare payments than other parts of the UK, as well as state-funded access to prescriptions, tuition fees,...
Scottish Budget LIVE: Council tax, spending cuts revealed as …
Dec 4, 2024 · Finance Secretary Shona Robison has this afternoon set out draft tax and spending plans for next year in her Scottish Budget statement. The Scottish Government has announced the two-child cap on...