Salmond Saved by Deal with Libdems ; Nationalists' Relief As Support Ends Budget Fiasco [Scot Region]

Daily Mail › February 12, 2009

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ALEX Salmond's humiliating budget debacle will finally be resolved today after the Liberal Democrats agreed to help vote through his spending plans.

All 16 of the party's MSPs will support the SNP's Pounds 33billion proposals - only a week after they voted against them.

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Salmond Saved by Deal with Libdems ; Nationalists' Relief As Support Ends Budget Fiasco [Scot Region]

LibDem leader Tavish Scott, who was one of the budget's harshest critics, dropped his demand for an income tax cut and settled for a range of concessions that will cost Fin...

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