Chancellor risking ‘austerity doom loop,’ warns Scottish TUC
Protesters outside 11 Downing Street as Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver the spring statement in London, March 26, 2025
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THE Scottish government is facing cuts in the cash it receives from Westminster as a result of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to reduce welfare spending, MSPs were warned today.
Holyrood Finance Secretary Shona Robison said she has received confirmation from the Treasury that “there will be cuts to our block grant from the welfare cuts from 2026-27 onwards.”
Her comments came shortly after Ms Reeves used her spring statement in the Commons to confirm a £6.4 billion cut in the welfare budget.
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