Nicola Sturgeon has said Scotland’s budget for next year will be a “difficult balancing act”.
Responding to the Chancellor’s autumn statement made on Thursday, the First Minister said that - “despite repeated requests” - there would be no support for the Scottish Government to deal with inflationary pressures in this year’s budget.
Instead, some £1.5bn in Barnett consequentials will made available to the devolved administration over the next two years, described by Jeremy Hunt as “extra help”.
