The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has accused the last Conservative government of concealing a £22bn black hole in the public finances, as she set out an emergency package of spending cuts to balance the books.
The measures will have a knock-on effect on Scotland’s budget, and sparked accusations from the SNP that Labour was continuing with a policy of austerity.
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