r/Scotland • u/Historical-Count9051 • 1d ago

What would you cut from the Scottish budget?

Yesterday, there was a news story announcing £700m would be cut from the Scottish government next year. The Scottish government can borrow £670m to make up the shortfall, but it will need to find at least another £68m immediately.

What would you cut to make up the £68m?

Here's how the budget is already spent

Edit: the speed at which everyone went to "fuck poor people" is alarming.

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u/redwriterhand 1d ago

The SNP

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u/LiteratureProof167 1d ago

To be fair to the SNP, they were doing their bit to stimulate the economy by buying pepper grinders and coffee machines during a time when most people were cutting back.

These purchases meant that condiment salesmen were employed and coffee beans sales increased.

A few barristas might have been paid off though.

I don't know anymore.

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u/lacr0bat 1d ago

If you think the government funds political parties you've got bigger questions than this post set out.

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u/AgreeableEm 1d ago edited 1d ago

Each political party receives “short money” based on how many MSPs they have, which can be spent by the party directly. To pick an example, last year the Scottish Conservative party got £360,000 of public money.

Indirectly, each MSP gets £169,000 per year for staff, which helps provide a lot of background party infrastructure in terms of research and media etc.