Kate Forbes has delivered a Scottish Budget she claims will help tackle the climate emergency, support economic recovery and reduce inequalities.
The SNP's finance secretary blamed the impact of Brexit for the size of the budget being tabled - and claimed Scotland was paying a disprotionate price for exiting the EU.Kate Forbes said: "While all other parts of the UK have seen a negative impact as a result of Brexit, the scale of that is three times higher in Scotland than in London. "We said that Brexit would be bad for Scotland, that it would have a differential impact on our economy and, as is clear, it is, which is having a direct impact on our budget."Be under no illusion, the budget I'm presenting today is smaller than it would be if
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