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    Tory finance spokesman Derek Brownlee said: "The SNP government needs to wake up to reality and Alex Salmond in particular must stop misleading the public by claiming that the SNP can prevent spending cuts. A government which refuses to face up to the reality of a falling budget will be incapable of dealing with the consequences." Audit Scotland said the public sector is under the greatest financial pressure since devolution in 1999. Full Article at Press and Journal
    The SNP government needs to wake up to reality and Alex Salmond in particular must stop misleading the public by claiming that the SNP can prevent spending cuts. A government which refuses to face up to the reality of a falling budget will be incapable of dealing with the consequences.
    – Derek Brownlee SOURCE: Press and Journal 3 weeks ago
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Watchdog warns SNP of budget crisis
  1. It is time that Alex Salmond and John Swinney realised we need to work together to get Scotland back to work.
    SOURCE: Press and Journal 3 weeks ago
  2. Our ambitious efficiency programme will deliver £3.2billion in cash savings by 2011 while delivering the same level of services, and reforming the way we buy goods and services has also saved over £300million since 2006
    SOURCE: Press and Journal 3 weeks ago
  3. This is a barely concealed attack on the lack of strategic direction in the government’s budget.
    SOURCE: Press and Journal 3 weeks ago
  4. The programme is reporting significant savings but the reductions required over the next few years will not be met just by the 2% efficiency savings, and difficult decisions will be needed on other ways to reduce spending
    SOURCE: Press and Journal 3 weeks ago

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