Summary
GORDON Brown is expected to tell the TUC conference in Liverpool today that the UK is on the way to recovery. By Thursday evening, there will be a very large number of people in Scotland wondering if they share the same planet as the Prime Minister.
By then Finance Secretary John Swinney will have delivered his draft budget and, while Scotland may not be re-entering the Ice Age, it's going to be the start of a very cold period for many Scots, whether currently in work or unemployed and of all ages.See the full content of this document
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Predicting Budget Numbers Is a Bit of a Lottery
Only the wealthiest will be indemnified - unless the banks and markets crash again.
Mr Swinney is facing his toughest budget since the SNP came to power. He hasn't been helped by the GBP500m ...See the full content of this document
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