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First Minister Swinney makes calls on Scottish parties to support SNP’s draft Budget
First Minister John Swinney giving a speech at Playfair Library in Edinburgh, to representatives from organisations across the public and private sector, calling on parliament to back the 2025-26 Budget Bill and setting out the consequences for the country if it does not, January 6, 2025
SCOTTISH First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney has made a desperate plea to other parties to support his party’s draft Budget.
He said that blocking the Budget risks “catastrophic reduction in service delivery” and “feeding the forces of anti-politics and populism” in his first speech of the new year today.
The SNP needs the support of other parties or individual MSPs to pass the Budget, which includes restoration of the winter fuel allowance to pensioners in Scotland.
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