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ALEX SALMOND will demand further upfront cash from Chancellor Alistair Darling today, after one of his closest advisers broke ranks to warn that he may have to privatise Scotland's water system and slash free benefits to deal with GBP 3billion worth of cuts.
The First Minister will meet Mr Darling in London to call for a further injection of spending for Scotland, arguing a fiscal stimulus to help the recovery is needed.See the full content of this document
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Benefits Cut and Water Sell-Off to Save Gbp 3bn
But it comes after Crawford Beveridge, the man leading the SNP government's review of his budget, said that privatising Scottish Water should be considered as a way of reducing the Scottish Government's costs. It current...
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