Parliament passes Scottish budget
Finance Secretary John Swinney announced a series of measures to housing, education and stimulate the economy, while the reference to a cost-cutting front.
The crisis of the approved budget, the Holyrood vote with the support of conservatives.
He said: 2010-11 marks the beginning of a period of adjustment of real public expenditure and the consequences can be avoided this year and the coming years.
We have to make tough decisions and agreed this year and the government to do so, and secondly, we must take steps to prepare our public services and in the public finances for the very difficult years. Yield in response to the demands of the opposition, the Finance Minister announced a plan for boiler scrap and 2m to curb public sector pay stop.
One, under the current review of the budget, ministers have pledged to support 20M to meet the growing demand for university places 10 million to facilitate access to finance for businesses and 31 million for affordable housing.
The minister said the rail link from the airport had to walk 300 meters and with spending restrictions, provided by the government in the coming years – but Labor has said that the cancellation would cost more in Glasgow 1,300 jobs.
But the Labor finance spokesman Andy Kerr said the budget actually increases, MSPs said: The finance minister, in our opinion has a budget that is very, very, very far from what should be done to promote the Scottish economy to create jobs and support working families. conservative, said Derek Brownlee said, not work, as he charged Garl, if again.
He asked: Why do not you tell us how we can work Garl be restored? Is it because they know deeply that the answer is that money was exhausted and did not dare to say the Labor Party? Jeremy Purvis, the Liberal Democrats welcomed the steps to tackle the effects of the recession will be, added: The draft budget has been improved as a result of the discussion, which is welcome.
But there are fears that still exist – particularly with regard to high-paying 1% in the public sector as a whole in Scotland.