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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Craig Paton

Talk of populist rise ‘preposterous’, says Findlay

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay was speaking on Monday (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

John Swinney’s warning of a populist surge if his Government’s Budget is not agreed is “preposterous”, the leader of the Scottish Tories has said.

The First Minister will use his first major speech of 2025 to call for opposition parties to back his tax and spending plans, laid out last month.

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