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SNP’s plan for economy ‘won’t ease austerity burden’

A BLUEPRINT for economic growth after a Scottish breakaway has faced criticism for “relying on foreign investment” and keeping down taxes for the rich.

In its long-awaited report today, the SNP-commissioned “sustainable growth commission” insisted Scotland “can lift the growth performance … to take living standards to equal the best small countries in the world over a generation.”

But Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard accused Nicola Sturgeon of ignoring “the sovereign will of the Scottish people.”

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