Show Notes
On a special episode of the Holyrood Sources podcast, recorded in the afternoon of Wednesday the 28th October, Calum Macdonald, Geoff Aberdein and Andy Maciver break down John Healey's first ever Budget... what does it mean for Scotland... did it all feel a bit underwhelming?
Stephen Boyd, Director of the IPPR Scotland joins the podcast to add his perspective.
Later. Geoff, Andy and Calum discuss the Sunday Times report that suggests that the Scottish Government continues to pay salaries worth a total of £27 million of public sector workers whose role's no longer exist....
And ,are free schoolbags a good idea... or are they a waste of money that could be spent on other aspects of education? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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