Shona Robison will make a statement to MSPs next month on where the axe will fall.
Rachel Reeves didn’t want to make the statement she delivered to MPs last month when she revealed the UK’s public finances had a £22 billion blackhole.
The Scottish Government, whose own spending comes largely from a block grant from Westminster, must also cut its spending as a result.But the Finance Secretary instead spent yesterday morning briefing journalists on the kind of spending restraint that lies ahead. But that means an estimated 250,000 older Scots who are already struggling will miss out this winter.Many Scots, still suffering from years of soaring inflation, and hammered by rising food and energy prices, will be desperate for some economic good news for a change.SNP probe issues The police investigation into SNP finances, Operation Branchform, has been going on for more than three years.
Despite this long period of time, Police Scotland chief constable Jo Farrell decided against giving any hints about when it will end when she was interviewed yesterday. She batted out the “still ongoing” line several times, refusing to give anything away.
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