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John Swinney

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'Cuts commission' formed to find £3 billion spending cuts  »

An independent budget review is to be launched to examine Scotland’s public spending plans over the next 4 years. The move is designed to address the Scottish Government's £3 billion budget deficit.  The group of public and private se...

Wed 17 Feb 2010 by Amy Sutherland | Read more »

SNP lose battle with Westminster over Forth bridge funding »

Forth Road Bridge

The Scottish Government has announced cost-cutting changes to plans for a new road crossing the Forth River to resolve a funding battle between Holyrood and Westminster. Scaled-down links between the southern end of the new bridge and the M9 will save...

Sun 11 Jan 2009 by David Stevenson | Read more »

Green as I say, not as I do »

John Swinney

SNP minister John Swinney has been slated by opposition MSPs for environmental hypocrisy after he used his ministerial car for a journey of 200 metres. As the Scottish Government Minister for Finance and Sustainable Growth, Mr Swinney has overall ...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 by Helen Walker | Read more »

SNP creates more quangos amid criticism »

The Scottish National Party

The SNP has created 24 new quangos since it was elected in May, despite promises by Alex Salmond to cut Scotland's 200 quangos by a quarter at the SNP conference in Aviemore.Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations, known colloquially as quangos...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Alastair Sloan | Read more »

SNP breaks promise on student debt »

Alex Salmond and John Swinney

Students in Scotland have expressed dismay after the SNP shelved plans to scrap student debt. Nationalist finance minister John Swinney announced last Wednesday that the government would not deliver its manifesto promise to eliminate the debt accrued b...

Mon 19 Nov 2007 by Alastair Sloan, Sarah Clark | Read more »

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