João Sousa says the SNP has plugged a £500m deficit with one-off funds while freezing tax thresholds and slashing spending plans, leaving Scotland facing deep structural challenges.

Mr Sousa, Deputy Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde, said: "The devil was very much in the detail and in what wasn’t said by Shona Robison. The Cabinet Secretary chose to talk about policies such as higher bands of council tax on million-pound-plus properties and increases in the Scottish........

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