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Private sector jobs drive to cut over-reliance of Scots on state

Scotland’s “over-dependence” on the state for jobs will be targeted, the UK Government has signalled, with a concerted drive to boost the private sector.

A White Paper will be published over the summer that will set out the coalition’s plan to expand private sector job creation outside London and the prosperous south of England.