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Tavish Scott: A budget office to Spice up finance



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Published Date: 22 May 2008
By Tavish Scott
THREE months ago the Scottish Parliament approved the Government's £30 billion budget for 2008-9. It is a process that has happened every year since 1999, but most outside parliament (and many within) could be forgiven for thinking that this year's was the first ever.
Why has the process burst into the limelight in its ninth year? The answer is that this was the first year that a budget had been introduced by a minority government.

This has shone a light on some of the system's frailties that have existed sinc...



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22/05/2008 01:42:48
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Cincinnatus,

Edinburgh 22/05/2008 01:58:49
Wonderful, Mr Scott advocates a growing of the Scottish bureaucracy and also identifies areas where his party did not address issues mentioned above, whilst in office.

The irony of citing the US is not lost on us, who see each and every LibDem policy costing the country not increasing it's revenue.

One can only conclude that the LibDems are the party of cant.
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Guga II,

Rockall 22/05/2008 11:39:34
The Whigs are a mob of self-serving chancers that have as much chance of forming a government on their own as there is of Maggie Broon becoming a socialist.
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Shave,

Edinburgh 22/05/2008 12:59:43
The Greens had more clout than the LibDems during the budget negotiations, and rightly so!

Tavish proposes changes to stop the LibDems hopelessly underperform (again). More self-serving stuff from a disparate bunch of egos.
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Queen D,

Glasgow 22/05/2008 16:28:31
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