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Making the budgets add up as Holyrood election looms
But, Roy added, the Treasury and the Department of Work and Pensions are coming back to perceived unaffordability of Westminster’s welfare budget, so we can expect new approaches to cuts and reduced entitlement. If that goes ahead, Holyrood will find itself facing further cuts in block grant.
