Summary
JACK McConnell's flagship plan to cut waste and bureaucracy was dealt a body blow yesterday, when it emerged that the cost of running the Scottish government has soared by GBP 45 million in just four years - a rise of nearly 30 per cent.
The SNP published new statistics yesterday showing that the cost of administration in the Scottish Executive has gone up from GBP 156 million in 2000-1 to GBP 201.5 million in 2004-5.See the full content of this document
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Cost of Executive Up 30 Per Cent in 4 Years
Ministers insisted that the budget for running the ...
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