Here are 10 ways the Budget will impact Scotland

Oct 27, 2021

Good afternoon,

This is a breaking news update from The Scotsman.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the budget this afternoon, and insisted that he had delivered a Budget “for the whole of the UK”. Here are 10 ways Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Budget impacts Scotland.

The biggest takeout from today's Budget from a Scottish perspective is that devolved administrations are set to be given the “largest block grants” since 1998. Here's what that means for Scotland.

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Graham Falk


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