SNP needs to wise up to the fact it will have to make tough choices

THE Auditor General is warning that SNP ministers have been too slow to react to financial pressures ("Warning SNP government faces bursting its budget", The Herald, November 17). Kate Forbes warned that the public sector required reshaping with staff levels and the number of quangos needing to be reduced. John Swinney would have been aware of this warning when he stepped in to cover Ms Forbes’ maternity leave but nothing has been done.

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