THE possibility of key details of the Scottish Budget having been leaked to the BBC from opposition parties and not the government has “to be considered”, John Swinney has said.
However, Labour called the allegations a "smear", and insisted they did not have knowledge of the details which had been leaked to the media.
The Deputy First Minister was speaking in Holyrood ahead of his Budget statement, which was delayed by more than 30 minutes after crucial elements were leaked ahead of time to BBC Scotland.
