Scottish budget: SNP tap the brakes, but the worst is still to come - The Communist

Scottish budget: SNP tap the brakes, but the worst is still to come - The Communist

With an unusually contentious Scottish Parliament election in May, the ruling Scottish National Party has thrown a few crumbs to working people in their latest budget. But these superficial ‘progressive’ measures won’t reverse the SNP’s declining support. The post Scottish budget: SNP tap the brakes, but the worst is still to come appeared first on The Communist.

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Eradicating child poverty? Growing the economy? Tackling climate crisis?  Ensuring quality public services? Reviewing the Scottish Budget and Spending Review 2026, John McLaren finds a weary government’s major ‘achievement’ has been to hide the cuts coming down the line – after the election. The whole Budget debacle showed a government truly out of ideas and one that has virtually given up on trying, as personified in Shona Robison’s weary and s…