BBCNEWS BBC News at One August 18, 2021 12:19:00
Sarah ransome, bbc news, plymouth. government spending in scotland, and on behalf of scots, went up in the last financial year by more than £17 billion. the latest figures on expenditure and revenue published by the scottish government show that the estimated deficit, which measures the gap between tax revenue and government spending, soared to nearly 9% of total output in the year before the pandemic, to more than 22%. our top story this lunchtime. as taliban leaders return to afghanistan, the...
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