New reductions announced by John Swinney will hit health care, education and justice
Scotland’s finance secretary has announced a further £615m of cuts to health care, education and the justice system, blaming the “calamity” of Liz Truss’s mini-budget.
John Swinney said he expected further deep spending cuts from the UK chancellor’s autumn statement, with a consequent reduction in Scottish funding.
£116m from Covid budgets, including vaccines, test and protect and PPE.
£21.2m from the justice and veterans budget.
£38m from the mental health budget – although Swinney insisted this referred to reducing budget growth, not a longer-term cut.
£2.9m from education, including reducing grants for international higher education and cuts to marketing expenditure.
£150m in capital infrastructure funding.
Continue reading…New reductions announced by John Swinney will hit health care, education and justiceScotland’s finance secretary has announced a further £615m of cuts to health care, education and the justice system, blaming the “calamity” of Liz Truss’s mini-budget.John Swinney said he expected further deep spending cuts from the UK chancellor’s autumn statement, with a consequent reduction in Scottish funding.£116m from Covid budgets, including vaccines, test and protect and PPE.£21.2m from the justice and veterans budget.£38m from the mental health budget – although Swinney insisted this referred to reducing budget growth, not a longer-term cut.£2.9m from education, including reducing grants for international higher education and cuts to marketing expenditure.£150m in capital infrastructure funding. Continue reading…