The First Minister has said the SNP has “delivered the goods” on balancing the budget as he responded to concerns from a prominent think tank.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that a slowdown in cash from the UK Government, combined with growing demands – and costs – for health and social care and devolved Scottish benefits, together with a “hangover from some bad budgeting habits” by the last Scottish government, means whoever is in charge after May 7 will find their budget “under significant pressure”.
