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Swinney urged: tell us where the axe will fall

Finance Secretary John ­Swinney is under increasing pressure to bring forward his draft Budget to September after local authorities warned that cuts should be shared with other big public-sector spenders.

Some councils are threatening to scrap their agreement with the Scottish Government if they are forced to bear an unfair share of the looming cuts while areas such as the NHS are exempt.