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Labour accuse SNP of ‘book cooking’ over oil prices
Scottish Labour shadow finance secretary Jackie Baillie accused the SNP government yesterday of “cooking the books” on oil price forecasts.
Ms Baillie demanded a new Scottish Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to be set up to monitor public finances.
A spokesman for Finance Secretary John Swinney — who will present his budget to the Scottish Parliament this week — retorted that Ms Baillie had “some brass neck” as national debt had trebled under Labour.
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