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SNP claims spending delay will hit Scotland

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:07:00 GMT

SNP finance secretary John Swinney said 5,000 jobs are at risk because of the omission from the Pre-Budget Report of accelerated capital spending.
Source: The Scotsman

SNP lambasts 'damaging' budget but looks set to copy public pay cap

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:56:58 GMT

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers in Scotland could have their pay capped after the SNP signalled plans to copy Alistair Darling’s clampdown on salaries.
Source: Times Online

Quoted in 'SNP lambasts 'damaging' budget but looks set to copy public pay cap'

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:56:58 GMT

John Swinney said in Times Online:

The Pre-Budget Report is deeply damaging for Scotland. It puts in jeopardy all the progress we have made through our economic recovery plan and threatens to undermine the first fragile signs of recovery we are beginning to see across the country

Darling 'risking 5,000 Scots jobs'

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:10:43 GMT

The accusation came from Finance Secretary John Swinney who said the rebuff by Chancellor Alistair Darling would jeopardise progress already achieved through Holyrood's economic recovery plan.
Source: Asian Leader

Don’t bash City bankers in pre-Budget report, chancellor is urged

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:29:51 GMT

John Swinney: call for help Panicking City of London financiers begged Chancellor Alistair Darling not to indulge in banker-bashing last night amid signs he is planning a one-off raid on bonuses.
Source: Press and Journal

Quoted in 'New cash deal could cost Scotland £4.5bn'

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:28:10 GMT

John Swinney said in The Scotsman:

Along with several eminent economists – including Andrew Hughes Hallett, who was a member of the Calman independent expert group – we have pointed out that the Calman proposals are not properly thought through and could well be damaging to Scotland.

Opposition fail to save axed rail link

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:46:04 GMT

Opposition attempts to press the Scottish Government to reinstate an axed airport rail link have been rejected by MSPs, a Holyrood committee report said yesterday.
Source: Press and Journal

School reopens after £1.45m revamp

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:46:02 GMT

IN FINE VOICE: Pupils at Airlie Primary School sing at the school’s opening ceremony The multimillion-pound revamp of an Angus primary school has been unveiled.
Source: Press and Journal

MSPs reject plan to resurrect Glasgow Airport Rail Link

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:41:30 GMT

OPPOSITION attempts to press the Scottish Government to reinstate an axed airport rail link have been rejected by MSPs, a Holyrood committee report said today.
Source: The Scotsman

Rail project 'will not be revived'

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:23:37 GMT

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Source: Scarborough Evening News

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:56:49 GMT

Scotland's Finance Minister John Swinney (R) sits next to First Minister Alex Salmond as he listens to questions during the unveiling of his 35 billion pounds budget plans for the year ahead at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 1...

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Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:56:21 GMT

Finance Secretary visits Kilmarnock for Diageo talks

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:10:00 GMT